India: KVIC to supply Khadi mustard oil to Assam Rifles

Published 2022년 12월 16일

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The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Assam Rifles to supply 458 quintals of high-quality kachhi ghani mustard oil worth Rs. 2.71 crores during 2022-23. The deal is in line with the Home Minister's mandate to promote local products and make only 'Swadeshi' products available through Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) canteens. The mustard oil will be packed as per BIS and FSSAI standards and delivered within 45 days from the supply order. The MoU, valid for a year with an option to renew, marks the second such agreement between KVIC and paramilitary forces for the supply of goods.

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Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has joined hands with Assam Rifles to supply mustard oil. On Monday, KVIC and Assam Rifles signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to this effect. The MoU was signed by Jitendra Kumar Gupta, Zonal Dy. Chief Executive Officer, KVIC and Biju K. Sam, Commandant, Assam Rifles. The development comes in wake of the instructions of Home Minister Amit Shah to the paramilitary forces, to encourage local products in a bid to support the “Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan” initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Amit Shah had also made it mandatory to sell only “Swadeshi” products through the CAPF (Central Armed Police Forces) canteens across India. The Assam Rifles will soon place an order for the supply of 458 quintals of high-quality kachhi ghani mustard oil, worth about Rs. 2.71 crores, which will be supplied by KVIC during 2022-23. The mustard oil will be packed in 15 kg square ISI marked tin conforming to BIS specification No IS: ...

Source: Agriculture Post