Question : On which date has India dispatched first tranche of wheat to Afghanistan ?
a. 22 Feb 2022
b. 20 Feb 2022
c. 18 Feb 2022
d. 19 Feb 2022
Ans. a.
Related facts —
- India on February 22 dispatched the first tranche of wheat as a humanitarian gesture to strife torn Afghanistan by land route through Pakistan.
- India sent 2500 tonnes of wheat as first shipment in a ceremony held in Amrisar.
- Officials involved in the ceremony —
- Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla along with Afghan Ambassador Farid Mamundzay and World Food Program Country Director Bishaw Parajuli flagged off the first convoy of 50 trucks carrying the consignment.
- Background —
- Country had sent a proposal to Pakistan on October 7 seeking a transit facility to send 50,000 tonnes of wheat to the people of Afghanistan via Pakistani land.
- It received a positive response on November 24.
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