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KOLKATA: West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that the Centre’s choice to impose 20 p.c customs responsibility on top rate rice types comparable to ‘Gobindobhog’ has badly affected its export and wrote to High Minister Narendra Modi urging him for an exemption very similar to the only given to Basmati rice.
Within the letter, Banerjee addressed Modi as ‘sir’ and requested him “to kindly factor vital directions” on this regard.
“Sadly, the Govt of India has imposed a 20 p.c customs responsibility on rice, on account of which the export industry of the top rate ‘Gobindobhog’ selection has been badly affected with a unfavourable have an effect on at the call for and home worth of the paddy, and therefore at the source of revenue of farmers,” Banerjee wrote in her two-page letter to Modi.
“It’s favored that Basmati, every other widespread high-value fragrant rice selection, has been exempted from the 20 p.c customs responsibility.
It’s, due to this fact, asked at the similar common sense wherein Basmati has been exempted, the top rate fragrant selection, Gobindobhog rice must even be exempted from such 20 p.c customs responsibility on export at an early date to steer clear of lack of industry and depriving advantages to our farmers,” she added.
She stated ‘Gobindobhog’ is “grown in a couple of districts of the state and it’s been awarded geographical id in October 2017”.
“Might I request you, Sir, to kindly factor vital directions for extending a an identical exemption of the obligation on export to the top rate fragrant selection, Gobindobhog rice on the earliest,” she added.
KOLKATA: West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that the Centre’s choice to impose 20 p.c customs responsibility on top rate rice types comparable to ‘Gobindobhog’ has badly affected its export and wrote to High Minister Narendra Modi urging him for an exemption very similar to the only given to Basmati rice.
Within the letter, Banerjee addressed Modi as ‘sir’ and requested him “to kindly factor vital directions” on this regard.
“Sadly, the Govt of India has imposed a 20 p.c customs responsibility on rice, on account of which the export industry of the top rate ‘Gobindobhog’ selection has been badly affected with a unfavourable have an effect on at the call for and home worth of the paddy, and therefore at the source of revenue of farmers,” Banerjee wrote in her two-page letter to Modi.
“It’s favored that Basmati, every other widespread high-value fragrant rice selection, has been exempted from the 20 p.c customs responsibility.
It’s, due to this fact, asked at the similar common sense wherein Basmati has been exempted, the top rate fragrant selection, Gobindobhog rice must even be exempted from such 20 p.c customs responsibility on export at an early date to steer clear of lack of industry and depriving advantages to our farmers,” she added.
She stated ‘Gobindobhog’ is “grown in a couple of districts of the state and it’s been awarded geographical id in October 2017”.
“Might I request you, Sir, to kindly factor vital directions for extending a an identical exemption of the obligation on export to the top rate fragrant selection, Gobindobhog rice on the earliest,” she added.
