Approval of unrestricted export of organic farm products

Cabinet allows unrestricted export of all certified organic agricultural products

Question- Recently, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved unrestricted export of organic farm products. Which of the following is not included?
(a) Biological pulses and lentils
(b) Organic sugar
(c) Biological sugar
(d) Organic wheat
Ans: (a)
Related Facts:-

  • On March 31, 2017, under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the removal of all quantitative limits on the export of specific organic farming products and the unrestricted export of these products and processed organic farm products.
  • Regardless of the limitations / restrictions imposed on the existing or future on the inorganic forms of these products, there will be no restriction on the export of organic products.
  • Although the quantitative limit on export of biological pulses and lentils has not been removed from the country, the export limit has been increased from 10,000 metric tonnes to 50,000 metric tonnes per annum.
  • The export of all these organic products has been certified by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) under the Biological Products National Program for Organic Production.
  • By extending the limit on export of these products and increasing the export ban of pulses, the government will help in achieving the target of doubling the income of the farmers.
  • This will reduce the cost of farming and the farmers will get better value of biological product.
  • At the same time, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved amendment in the paragraph 5 of the ‘New Urea policy-2013’ which is related to the production of re-assessed Capacity-RAC.
  • The Cabinet Committee also approved to include Para 8 in urea policy.
  • With these changes, urea units will be able to produce more than RAC and domestic urea production will be strengthened in the country.

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