# India: Scheme to provide transport and marketing assistance on agricultural exports announced (extended due to the COVID-19 pandemic) - Global Trade Alert

> India's Ministry of Commerce notified a Transport and Marketing Assistance scheme on 27 February 2019 to offset high freight and marketing costs for agricultural exports. The scheme takes effect on 1 March 2019.

- Date: 2019-02-27 · published 2019-02-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60562-india-scheme-to-provide-transport-and-marketing-assistance-on-agricultural
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Subsidised freight and marketing costs can lift Indian export competitiveness, adding supply to world markets for rice and other farm goods. The effect is modest and gradual.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bearish ▼

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## Sources

- globaltradealert.org: https://globaltradealert.org/state-act/43565-india-scheme-to-provide-transport-and-marketing-assistance-on-agricultural-exports-announced-extended-due-to-the-covid-19-pandemic/

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