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A group of influential Indian businessmen has asked Foreign Minister Dipu Moni for transit facility through Bangladesh territory to ship goods from one part of India to another.
A 15-strong Confederation of Indian Industry CEOs led by its President Adi Godrej made the call during a meeting with the minister at her office on Sunday, the foreign ministry said in a media release.
"He (Godrej) requested the Foreign Minister to allow Bangladesh territory to transport Indian goods to North-Eastern Indian states," the release said.
The delegation said that they would make an effort to boost Bangladesh's exports to India especially in North-Eastern States.
The delegation includes CEO of Max Health Ajay Bakshi, CEO of Thermax M S Unnikrishnan, CEO of Ceat Ltd Rajiv K Jain, chairman of Keventer Agro Mahendra Kumar Jalan, president of Bajaj Auto Rakesh Sharma, chief of Global Business Division of Tata Power Shubh Shrivastava, Chief Business Officer of NIIT Ajai Manohar Lal and Special Director of Ashok Leyland Antony Lobo.
They came to Dhaka on Friday on a three-day mission to strengthen economic relations with Bangladesh.
The Foreign Minister thanked Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for providing duty-free access to 46 textile items from Bangladesh into the Indian market during his visit in September last year.
India waived duty on almost all Bangladeshi products in November.
Moni stressed that India may encourage more exports from Bangladesh and urged the Indian delegates to play a productive and helpful role.
A 15-strong Confederation of Indian Industry CEOs led by its President Adi Godrej made the call during a meeting with the minister at her office on Sunday, the foreign ministry said in a media release.
"He (Godrej) requested the Foreign Minister to allow Bangladesh territory to transport Indian goods to North-Eastern Indian states," the release said.
The delegation said that they would make an effort to boost Bangladesh's exports to India especially in North-Eastern States.
The delegation includes CEO of Max Health Ajay Bakshi, CEO of Thermax M S Unnikrishnan, CEO of Ceat Ltd Rajiv K Jain, chairman of Keventer Agro Mahendra Kumar Jalan, president of Bajaj Auto Rakesh Sharma, chief of Global Business Division of Tata Power Shubh Shrivastava, Chief Business Officer of NIIT Ajai Manohar Lal and Special Director of Ashok Leyland Antony Lobo.
They came to Dhaka on Friday on a three-day mission to strengthen economic relations with Bangladesh.
The Foreign Minister thanked Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for providing duty-free access to 46 textile items from Bangladesh into the Indian market during his visit in September last year.
India waived duty on almost all Bangladeshi products in November.
Moni stressed that India may encourage more exports from Bangladesh and urged the Indian delegates to play a productive and helpful role.
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