Indian Cabinet okays India-Palestine MoU on agriculture cooperation
The Dollar Business Bureau The Indian Cabinet has given its approval to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and the Ministry of Agriculture in the State of Palestine on agriculture cooperation. This was signed in May 2017, when Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs had visited the country. What could seem to be an innocuous agreement, one should also look at the extra efforts on the part of the Indian government to balance its ties with Israel, Palestine, Iran and the West Asian countries. The MoU provides for cooperation in the fields of agricultural research; veterinary field including capacity enhancement of Palestinian Veterinary services and Animal Health; irrigation and climate change. It will also be extended to areas ...
Govt revises inspection fee on plant material imports
The Dollar Business Bureau The government has revised the inspection fees, fumigation/disinfection/disinfestation charges and supervision charges on the import of agricultural commodities or plant material, regulated under the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India). “The Central Government…..in the Schedule IX (clause 5) of the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003, under the heading “Inspection Fees”, and the entries thereto, amends the following (given in table below) heading and entries,” said the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare in a notification (S.O.1344 (E)/F.No.8-21/2017-PP.II) issued on April 27. The notification was published in the Gazette of India on April 28, 2017. The import of plant material or agricultural commodities into the country is regulated under the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into ...
Russia to increase imports of vegetables, meat and dairy products from India soon
The Dollar Business Bureau | @TheDollarBiz Russia is expected to increase imports of fruits, vegetables, meat and dairy products from India starting December 2014 under an agreement reached between Russia’s phytosanitary watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor and India’s Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) this week. According to official sources in Russia, Sergey Dankvert, Head of the Rosselkhoznadzor, and Santosh Kumar Sarangi, Chairman, APEDA, have agreed to complete the quarantine and other certifications in two months, which will allow exports of Indian food products to Russia by December 2014. Meeting between officials of APEDA and Rosselkhoznadzor in Russia in September 2014 (Source - Rosselkhoznadzor) Russian veterinary experts are expected to arrive next month and may stay in India to control the production ...
