Our Bureau
New Delhi
On Saturday, government of India has decided to restrict the imports of certain goods and have curbed the ports to ensure that these imports are restricted. This decision has been taken in response to the similar curbs taken by Dhaka on certain Indian products in the previous month. The restrictions will not be imposed on all goods but will only apply to certain items like readymade garments and processed food items.
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) sent a notification which said that the port restrictions which are implied will not apply to Bangladeshi goods transiting through India but destined for Nepal and Bhutan.
The port curbs will be applied on products such as fruits; fruit flavoured and carbonated drinks; processed food items (baked goods, snacks, chips and confectionary); cotton and cotton yarn waste; plastic and PVC finished goods, dyes, plasticisers and granules; readymade garments and wooden furniture. It is to be noted that these restrictions of import are not on the goods like Fish, LPG, Edible Oil, and Crushed stone from Bangladesh
According to the notification issued by the government the Land Customs Stations (LCS) and Integrated Check Posts (ICP) of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram along with the LCS Changrabandha and Fulbari, in West Bengal are prohibited to allow any import through the neighboring country. These restrictions will be imposed with immediate effect and the government will add a paragraph to its pre-existing import policy.
The relations between India and Bangladesh have been rolling down the hill ever since Yunus failed to contain the attacks of brutality on the Hindu minority in his country. Yunus also gave certain statements in China that rubbed the officials in India the wrong way. He said that North-eastern states of India which share a 1600 km border with Bangladesh are totally reliant on them to reach the ocean and are landlocked after they are denied access.
