Myanmar rice for India

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Myanmar rice for India

The Hindu (New Delhi)
September 26, 2000

GUWAHATI, SEPT. 25. India will import 50,000 tonnes of rice from Myanmar
through Moreh in Manipur as part of the effort to boost border trade
between the States of the North-East region and the neighbouring
countries. Besides, 10 more items would be permitted to be imported from
Myanmar on concessional basis.

This was announced here today by the Union Commerce Secretary, Mr.
Prabir Sengupta, after a meeting of the high-power committee to review
the steps taken for promotion of trade and exports in the North-East
region.

The Centre also constituted an Export Development Fund with a corpus of
Rs. 5 crores for supporting projects for direct or indirect promotion of
exports from the region as part of the Prime Minister?s Action Plan for
the North-East.

Mr. Sengupta said the Commerce Department had also sanctioned Rs. 41
crores for creating export promotion infrastructure in the region out of
which Rs. 11 crores had already been released.