June 21, 2019
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Opposition and the state government on Thursday locked horns over the import of inferior quality raw cashew nuts from foreign countries by various state-run agencies.
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Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala said that the Cashew Board, the Kerala State Cashew Development Corporation limited and the Kerala State Cashew Workers Apex Industrial Co-operative Society (CAPEX) had become a symbol of inefficiency and corruption in the state.
He said that any purchase worth over `5 crore required e-tender, however, the cabinet had decided to directly purchase the raw cashew from Africa to salvage the industry. “But the officials purchased raw cashew kept in godowns for long from Mozambique during off season and import was again delayed by around two months.
The state had imported raw cashew nuts from Tanzania at the rate of 1,815 dollars per ton in the beginning, which then progressively reduced to the current 1044 dollars per ton.
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