BY BISHESHWAR MISHRA
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today approved a revival package of Rs 77.45 crore for revival of North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Limited (NERAMAC). It is a central Public Section Enterprises under the administrative control of Ministry of Development of North Eastern Regional.
Revival package will help NERAMAC to implement various innovative plans namely providing better farming facilities, training to farmers in clusters, organic seeds and fertilizer, post harvesting facilities in order to promote the products of North East farmers in the world market .
The Cabinet has given its nod for ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer for phase down of Hydroflurocarbons (HFCs) by India. It was adopted by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on October, 2016 at 28th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol held at Kigali in Rwanda.
The Cabinet was apprised of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in March this year between the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), and the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief of Bangladesh on Cooperation in the field of Disaster Management, Resilience and Mitigation. The MoU seeks to put in place a system, whereby both India and Bangladesh will be benefited from the Disaster Management mechanisms of each other.
The Cabinet also approved Memorandum of Understanding between the Indian Council of Medical Research and the GARDP Foundation on Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Innovation of Switzerland.
The Cabinet has cleared Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and United States of America on cooperation in the field of Geology.