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India to export high quality wheat to Iran: Pawar
Tuesday October 09, 2012 08:18:59 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: India can
explore the possibility of supplying high quality wheat to Iran
from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, following complaints of fungal
disease in some of the Indian wheat supplied from Punjab and Haryana, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said Tuesday.
On complaints of karnal bunt, a fungal disease, affecting some of
the wheat supplied to Iran, the minister said some of the wheat
from Haryana and Punjab had shown the disease.
"I have seen the problem. The wheat grown in some states is free
from karnal bunt. Madhya Pradesh is a major producer of high
quality wheat, free from karnal bunt, as well as Rajasthan.. We
can export from these states," said Pawar at the Economic Editors
Conference here.
His comments came even as a delegation of the Associated Chambers
of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) is visiting Tehran to
attend the Tehran International Industry Exhibition (TIIE).
In Tehran, Iran's Deputy Minister of Energy for Water and
Hydroelectric Power Stations Alireza Daemi has said that Iran is
keen for expanding cooperation with India in the agriculture
industry.
Daemi made the remarks during a meeting between the visiting
Indian delegation and managers of Iran's water department in
Tehran on Monday, said Iran's Fars news agency.
"The deputy minister said that Iran is keen to cooperate with
India to establish large agro-industry complexes.
Assocham in a statement said, that the trade body "has mounted a
multi-sectoral business delegation to Iran to explore business
prospects for Indian industries in Iran and spread awareness about
attractiveness for doing business in India."
Assocham`s International Affairs Council Chairman Anil K. Agarwal
said the visit would strengthen the bilateral trade and
co-operation between the two countries. The annual bilateral trade
between India and Iran is currently estimated at about USD 15
billion and is heavily in favour of Iran which exports mainly oil,
worth over USD 12 billion and imports goods worth a meagre USD 2.5
billion from India.
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