Customs bars imports of livestock into India, fears of avian influenza abound
The Dollar Business Bureau The Customs department has suspended the imports of livestock and livestock products into India from all countries due to the threat of avian influenza. A communication to the effect was issued via notification no: 09/2015-2020 dated June 8, 2017. According to the notification, the following imports have been suspended with further effect. domestic and wild birds (excluding poultry and captive birds) unprocessed meat and meat products from Avian species including wild birds (except poultry) semen of domestic and wild birds (except semen of poultry) Live poultry and captive birds day old chicks, ducks, turkey and other newly hatched Avian species unprocessed meat and meat products from Avian species including wild birds hatching eggs egg and egg products (except Specific Pathogen Free eggs) unprocessed feathers live pig pathological material and biological ...
20 lakh houses will be built for the poor, said Chouhan
Neha Dewan It was a full house listening with rapt attention as Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, addressed the gathering at CII’s Annual Session 2017. Chouhan spoke on Madhya Pradesh’s transformational journey, illustrating how the state had come a long way to evolve into one which now has 7 cities under the National Smart Cities Mission owing to the progressive policies adopted by the state. The state, he said, has improved power and road connectivity. “We are now a power surplus state. There have been miracles in water resources as well. 11 years back, irrigated land was 7.5 hectares but now it has increased to 40 lakh hectares! Irrigation projects which would take decades for completion earlier are now finishing ...
Kuwait bans Indian poultry products
The Dollar Business Bureau Following the outbreak of bird flu in Tripura on the 4th of January, Kuwait had imposed a ban on poultry product imports from India. In Oct the Gulf nations’ PAAFR department (Public Authority of Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources) had agreed to lift the ban on importing of live poultry, one-year old chicks of the egg laying hens and flesh hens from India. This decision by the Middle East could have a serious impact on India’s poultry exports as India mainly exports poultry to Middle East countries. Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply said that it is important to share this information so that the same can be conveyed to the importing countries to ...
US poultry Imports: India likely to challenge WTO ruling
Sai Nikesh D | The Dollar Business If the sources have to be believed upon, the Government of India is in consultations with the stake -holders with an aim to protect the Indian poultry sector from the ready-to-arrive US poultry. “We are ready with our argument and will be filing an appeal in a day or two to the appellate body. We are expecting an improvement in the dispute settlement panel decision, which will help us in future,” one of the government officials was quoted to have said, according to sources. We are committed to protect the industry with huge employment potential and are looking at various measures to that effect. We have had a meeting with the poultry ...
