Updated On: 20 September, 2012 06:44 AM IST | | IANS
The BJP government in Himachal Pradesh Wednesday slammed the central government's decision to allow FDI in multi-brand retail, saying imported apples would ruin the state's Rs.2,000-crore apple industry.
"The state is already facing tough competition from China, the US and other European countries as they are marketing apples at much lower rates in the Indian market," Horticulture Minister Narender Bragta told reporters here.
He said now the FDI would hit the country's fruit industry and Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir would be the main sufferers.