Jammu industry for inclusion of local products in revised norms for Cross LoC trade

Local industry here Saturday called for the inclusion of locally-made industrial items while framing the revised Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for restarting the cross LoC trade which was suspended by the Centre on Thursday.

In a related development, the Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) requested for the resumption of the cross-LoC trade at the earliest and fixing of responsibility for "administrative lapses resulting in the breach of security and suspension of the trade".

Hardening its stand against Pakistan, India Thursday indefinitely suspended cross-LoC trade at two points along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir effective Friday, following reports that it was being "misused" by elements from across the border to smuggle weapons, narcotics and fake currency.

"There is an ample scope for the trading of Industrial goods being manufactured by the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector through Cross-LoC trade... the MSME sector of our state is .