Indian manufacturers are concerned about losing market share to Chinese makers.
Raj H Eswaran, president, Indian Electrical Equipment Manufacturers Association, said: “A level-playing field would have been created if we had made it mandatory for Chinese companies to set up manufacturing facilities, too, here.
“Also, there is a huge trade imbalance that must be addressed before promoting Chinese competition.”
During Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s recent visit to China, a deal was signed to set up power equipment service centres in India.
The service centres will give firms access to spares and after-sales services for equipment imported from China.
“We welcome healthy competition, but there should be level-playing field . . . Chinese firms outbid Indian firms owing to the soft loans provided by the government, apart from subsidies,” said a senior executive at IEEMA.
Chinese firms have supplied equipment with a total capacity of 60,000 Mw in India so far.
Of this, 20,000 Mw has
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