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Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall Visits India
By Doruvu Paul Jagan Babu (India)
(Photo Courtesy: PIB)
The Indian Union Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Radha Mohan Singh welcoming the Premier of Saskatchewan (Canada), Mr. Brad Wall, in New Delhi on November 19, 2014.
(Photo Courtesy: PIB)
The Indian Union Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Radha Mohan Singh holding a meeting with a delegation led by the Premier of Saskatchewan (Canada), Mr. Brad Wall, in New Delhi on November 19, 2014.
Premier of Saskatchewan Brad Wall Calls on Union Agriculture Minister
• Union Minister highlighted smooth trade between Canada and India
A Canadian delegation led by Premier of Saskatchewan Mr. Brad Wall met Union Minister of Agriculture Mr. Radha Mohan Singh on November 19. Welcoming the delegation Mr. Singh said that bilateral relations between the two countries are touching new horizons. The State visit of Prime Minister Harper to India in November 2012 provided a necessary ignition for warming up already strengthened relationship between the two countries. The Union Agriculture Minister briefed the delegation about the cooperation in the field of agriculture and allied sectors since the signing of an MoU in 2009.
‘On the request of Canada, India is having an interim arrangement for import of Peas and Pulses under which these commodities are fumigated with Methyl on their arrival at Indian Ports to mitigate risk of quarantine nematodes since 2004. This practice is being extended from time to time and the current one has been extended up to 31st March, 2015 to facilitate smooth trade between the two countries’, Mr. Singh said.
The Minister said that India is in need of low cost/energy efficient and ecological sustainable cold chain technologies requiring an estimated investment of US $ 2 billion.
The Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said that India would like Canada to increase their imports from India because Indian exports to agricultural commodities to Canada were of the order of US $ 345.71 million while imports from Canada were of the order of US $ 771.86 million. Both the countries agreed to further boost their trade relations in the field of agriculture and the allied sectors.
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