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Nirmala Sitharaman with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a Make-in-India conclave
Further, sellers, who had already uploaded their products before the introduction of this new feature on GeM, are being reminded regularly to update the Country of Origin, with a warning that their products shall be removed from GeM if they fail to update the same.
This initiative seeks to promote the Make-in-India and Atmanirbhar Bharat initiatives.
This development comes at a time when renewed calls are being made to boycott Chinese products following the latter's unprovoked attack at the Galwan valley. Many have called for a sustained economic boycott of China to counter its military and diplomatic belligerence.