Israel urges India to ease agri-trade norms
May 3rd, 2011 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Israel’s Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Orit Noked Tuesday urged India to eliminate barriers to ease regulations for trade in agricultural goods.
“The two countries should jointly facilitate business by eliminating barriers, easing regulations, identifying lines of credit,” Noked said at an event organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci), PHD Chamber of Commerce and the Israeli embassy here.
The visiting minister said the two countries should also devise a mechanism to avoid double taxation as it hinders trade and investments.
Noked said Israel could offer India technological help to improve its agricultural productivity.
“Israel has been a laboratory for development of agricultural technology. We know how to adapt ourselves to the conditions and special circumstances around the world, including those in India,” she said.
She said India could learn a lot from Israel’s development in dairy projects.
Sanjeev Chopra, joint secretary at India’s ministry of agriculture, said Israel had revolutionised its agriculture by making barren land hugely productive.
India could learn from Israel’s cutting edge technologies to increase agricultural productivity, he added.
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