Resurrect of agricultural sector exports in the aftermath of COVID-19 crisis

Government has initiated a dialogue with the exporters of Agri and Allied commodities to address issues affecting the sector as a fall out of the lockdown to check the COVID-19 disease. Government decided to gain a first- hand account of the problems being faced by the exporters of Agri and Allied commodities and initiate necessary steps by making meaningful interventions for early redressal of their problems to help them sustain though the current Covid-19 crisis.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020

Several common and sector specific issues were raised by the participants. The common issues highlighted by exporters of all agri commodities related to availability and movement of labour, inter-state transport bottlenecks, shortage of raw materials due to closure of Mandis, phyto-sanitary certification, closure of courier services thereby hampering movement of shipping documents, availability of freight services, access to ports/yards and clearance of goods for imports/exports.