INDIA BUFFALO BEEF EXPORTS RISE, DESPITE BJP GOVERNMENT
January 7th, 2015
Concerns that India’s beef export industry might wither under the new Hindu nationalist BJP-led government have proved unfounded as between April and October 2014, India exported USD2.66 billion’s worth of buffalo meat, a rise of nearly 16% over the same period in previous year.According to the data released by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Exports Development Authority (Apeda), in terms of volume, Indian buffalo exports rose by 14% to 817,844 tonnes in these months.The industry had been nervous after the election Mr Narendra Modi as Prime ...
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