The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Dhaka

India in its latest decision has removed all legal complexities to export 450,000 tonnes of rice to Bangladesh, that has been awaiting for clearance officially for a couple of months.

All the barriers have been removed at a meeting of the Foreign Trade Department of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India held in New Delhi on Friday, according to an official Notification available here on Sunday.

"The prohibition imposed by this notification on the export of non-Basmati rice shall not be applicable to export of 450,000 tonnes of non-Basmati rice to Bangladesh," according the document signed on February 29 by Director General of the Foreign Trade Department of India R S Gujral.

The Indian High Commission in Dhaka and External Affairs Minister of India Pronab Mukherjee last year assured Bangladesh of exporting 500,000 tonnes of rice, but a complete ban on the rice export by India in mid-October put Bangladesh in legal complexities to import rice.