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India to exempt customs duty for Yemen: Dr Jitendra Excelsior Correspondent NEW DELHI, Jan 19: India has offered unilateral concession to Yemen to exempt Yemeni exports to India from customs duty under Indias Duty-Free Tariff Preference (DFTP) scheme as part of the Narendra Modi Governments commitment to render economic assistance to the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). This was disclosed here today by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh while speaking to a delegation of the Republic of Yemen which called on him at North Block this morning. Dr Jitendra Singh said, it is a providential coincidence that a delegation of Yemen is visiting New Delhi on the eve of Indias Republic Day which commemorates the implementation of Constitution of India and this is also the time around when the Republic of Yemen is engaged in giving final touches to its own constitution. Recalling the long history of people-to-people contact between India and Yemen, Dr Jitendra Singh revealed that large number of people of Yemeni origin are still settled in Hyderabad and their forefathers worked in the security forces of the erstwhile Nizam of Hyderabad. On the other hand, he said, it is significant to note that about 100,000 people of Indian origin have settled in Yemen. Welcoming the formation of the Yemen Government under Prime Minister Khaled Bahah, Dr Jitendra Singh hoped that the Al Houthis and Southern Movement issues will be resolved amicably. Underlining the common commitment of the two nations to the values of democracy, Dr Jitendra Singh appreciated the fact that like India, Yemen also follows a multiparty democracy with a bicameral legislation and the Lower House or Lok Sabha in India is called Majlis-e-Nuwab there while the Upper House or Rajya Sabha here is known as Majlis-e-Shoura there. In the years...
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 05:14:28 +0000

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