TNPSC Thervupettagam

India and Malaysia

April 25 , 2020 1583 days 1018 0
  • Recently India added Malaysia into the list of Hydroxychloroquine Drug exporting countries.
  • India is the world’s biggest palm oil buyer and a major market for Malaysia, 
  • Malaysia is the second-largest producer of Palm oil in the World after Indonesia. 
  • India buys more than 9 million tonnes of palm oil annually, mainly from Indonesia and Malaysia.
  • Thus India is the largest imported of the Palm Oil and The vegetable oil in the World.
  • The share of palm oil is more than 60 per cent of the country's total vegetable oil imports.
Backdrop
  • In March, the new Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin took over the charge at Malaysia.
  • Earlier in February, Mahathir Mohamad resigned the post of PM in Malaysia.

 

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