Supply of essential commodities to the Republic of Maldives during 2020-21

To be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part II Section 3, Sub Section (ii)

Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade Udyog Bhawan New Delhi Notification No.27/2015-2020 Dated: || August, 2020

Subject: Supply of essential commodities to the Republic of Maldives during 2020-21

S.O.(E) In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 3 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No.22 of 1992), as amended, read with paragraph 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-2020, the Central Government hereby allow the following quantities of Eggs, Potatoes, Onions, Rice, Wheat Flour, Sugar, Dal, Stone Aggregates and River Sand for export to the Republic of Maldives under bilateral trade agreement between Government of India and Government of Maldives during the period 202021:-

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2. Export of the above items shall be exempted from any existing or future restriction / prohibition during the period 2020-21 to the Republic of Maldives. 3. The Export of River Sand and Stone Aggregates to Maldives is allowed subject to the following conditions: I. Export permitted subject to No Objection Certificate by CAPEXIL, which shall monitor the overall quota and send a quarterly report to Export Il. Cell in DGFT (Hars.). For the export of above quantity of River Sand and Stone Aggregates, CAPEXIL shall also ensure that the suppliers/extractors have obtained appropriate clearances and mining of the sand is not undertaken in the Coastal Regulation Zone Area, which is prohibited under the Coastal Regulation Zone notification.

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Ill. In addition to above, export of River Sand and Stone Aggregates will be allowed subject to the exporter obtaining necessary environmental clearances/No Objection Certificate from the designated nodal authority of respective State Governments from where the commodities are obtained. IV. This permission will also be subject to any other State legislation / judicial orders relating to mining of ‘River Sand’ and ‘Stone Aggregates’ 4. Effect of this notification: Export of Eggs, Potatoes, Onions, Rice, Wheat Flour, Sugar, Dal, Stone Aggregates and River Sand has been permitted to the Republic of Maldives under bilateral trade agreement between Government of India and Government of Maldives during the period 2020-21 as per the quantities indicated in the Table at Para 1 above. The export of above items to Republic of Maldives will be exempted from any existing or future restriction/ prohibition on export.

(Amit\WloslrmeYadav) Ex-officio Director General of Foreign Trade Additional Secretary, Government of India E-mail: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from F. No. 01/91/ 171/59/AM20/EC) .