Govt relaxes curb on export of organic farm produce

The government has relaxed restrictions on exports of certain organic agricultural and processed products like wheat, non-basmati rice to boost their overseas shipments. 

In a notification, Directorate General of Foreign Trade said, export of organic agricultural and organic processed



products like wheat, non-basmati rice, edible oils, sugar have been exempted from existing quantitative ceilings. 

It has also increased the annual quantitative ceiling on export of organic pulses and lentils from existing 10,000 tonnes to 50,000 tonnes per annum.