Ambassador of India, Dr. Deepak Mittal
Ambassador of India to Qatar, H E Dr. Deepak Mittal, attended a virtual inaugural session of “Mango Promotion Program” organised by Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) on Wednesday.
In his address, the Ambassador said that Mango being king of fruits is relished by both Qatari and expatriate population in Qatar.
He encouraged APEDA registered exporters to explore ways to boost the export of Indian mangoes and other fruits and vegetables to Qatar and assured full support of Embassy of India. He recommended APEDA to organise more such programmes to showcase state-specific products from India.
He congratulated APEDA and Government of West Bengal for successfully organising the programme.
The session was attended by Dr. M Angamuthu, Chairman APEDA; Jayanta Aikat, Commissioner and Director, Food Processing Industries and Horticulture Department, Government of West Bengal; and one of the APEDA registered exporters, M/s JBL Enterprise, Kolkata. Family Food Centre W.L.L from Qatar participated in the Session.
An exclusive in-store mango promotion programme for eight special varieties of mango including Geographical Indication (GI) tagged mangoes from Eastern part of India was held in Family Food Centre stores on July 7-8, 2021
