The center revised the “Transportation and Marketing Assistance” (TMA) scheme for specific agricultural products.
Highlights:
Now, the scheme has been notified for the duration April 2021 to March 2022. In the revised scheme, the following modifications have been made:
products, which have not been protected under the former scheme, will be eligible for help under the revised scheme.
Rates of assistance have been increased, via 50% for exports by sea and by a hundred percent for exports by air.
The revised scheme is expected to strengthen assistance to help Indian agricultural exporter’s products with rising freight and Logistics costs.