# Centre Revises "Transport and Marketing Assistance" (TMA) scheme for Specified Agriculture Products’ - Mcommerce

> India's Commerce Department revised its Transport and Marketing Assistance scheme for agricultural exports, covering exports from April 2021 to March 2022. Dairy products are now eligible, and assistance rates rose 50% for sea freight and 100% for air freight.

- Date: 2021-09-13 · published 2021-09-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45019-centre-revises-transport-and-marketing-assistance-tma-scheme-for-specified
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Higher freight subsidies lower the cost of Indian exports, which may increase export competitiveness and shipments of agricultural goods in global markets.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: neutral
- OCEANFRT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2020-09-24 | [Agri Commodity Update: India's Sugar Subsidies, Transport Assistance & Food Stock Scrutinized by WTO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51079-agri-commodity-update-india-s-sugar-subsidies-transport-assistance-and-food.md) | -0.1% | -2.4% |
| RICE | 2019-05-08 | [WTO Dispute Panel Report on China’s Administration of Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQs) for Certain Agricultural Products - farmdoc daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58951-wto-dispute-panel-report-on-china-s-administration-of-tariff-rate-quotas-trqs.md) | +1.6% | +9.4% |
| RICE | 2024-12-29 | [Revised RTL: Christmas gift to boost farmers’ livelihoods \|
    Official Portal of the Department of Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10457-revised-rtl-christmas-gift-to-boost-farmers-livelihoods-official-portal-of-the.md) | +0.7% | +3.2% |
| RICE | 2017-07-19 | [Preventive trade policies restrict export of key agri commodities: stu](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69947-preventive-trade-policies-restrict-export-of-key-agri-commodities-stu.md) | +3.7% | +3.2% |
| RICE | 2016-11-29 | [Relief for Centre, as rice, wheat, arhar, potato prices stable despite demonetisation - Commodities News \| The Financial Express](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73830-relief-for-centre-as-rice-wheat-arhar-potato-prices-stable-despite.md) | +4.2% | -3.0% |

## Sources

- commerce.gov.in: https://www.commerce.gov.in/press-releases/centre-revises-transport-and-marketing-assistance-tma-scheme-for-specified-agriculture-products/

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