Bangladesh to beg like Pakistan after Modi govt decides to….,even China can’t help…

In a big diplomatic move, the Narendra Modi government has canceled a special facility being given to Bangladesh which helped the neighbouring country to send goods to other countries via Indian land. This facility was started in June 2020. This made it easier for Bangladesh to send goods to countries like Bhutan, Nepal and Myanmar. Now with the closure of this facility, Bangladesh’s exports will become expensive.

This decision is reportedly been taken after Muhammad Yunus’ two mistakes – his visit to China and he describing India’s northeastern states as ‘deprived of access to the sea’. He had also described Bangladesh as ‘the only protector of the sea in the region’. He also said that China has an opportunity to increase its economic influence.

However, India has clarified that this decision will not affect the exports to Nepal and Bhutan and that it was been taken because it was causing delays and the cost was increasing.

What is this facility?

The name of this facility given to Bangladesh by India is Trans-shipment Facility which means using the port or airport of a third country to send goods from one country to another. India gave this facility to Bangladesh in 2020. With this, Bangladesh could send its goods to other countries through Indian ports and airports.

However, this facility caused a lot of congestion at Indian ports and airports. This caused problems for Indian exporters. Their goods were not reaching on time. They had to pay more freight. Therefore, Indian exporters had demanded the government to cancel this facility. However, despite its own loss, India kept this facility open for the neighboring country. This was like a gift from India to help it progress.

The government says that this decision will reduce the congestion at Indian ports and airports. Indian exporters will benefit.

India had allowed the transit of export goods from Bangladesh to third countries through Indian land customs stations and later through Indian ports and airports from June 29, 2020. However, the Indian government revoked the facility on April 8 this year. Following this decision, Bangladesh’s Benapole port turned away four trucks carrying transit goods on April 9.

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