Commerce and Industry Ministry seeks imposition of import duty on Cement

The Commerce and Industry Ministry has sought imposition of import duty on Cement in order to boost exports from the country. Addressing the 53 Annual Session of Cement Manufacturing Association in New Delhi, Secretary in Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, DIPP, Amitabh Kant said that his department will raise this issue with revenue secretary to reimpose the duty to provide level playing field to domestic manufacturers of the commodity.