Dhaka, March 4 -- India is close to granting revised quota on some commodities and food grains for Bangladesh with an eye to ensuring an unhindered supply chain, sources said.

"India is already in consultation with its ministries concerned in this regard," the Bangladesh high commission in New Delhi has said in a letter.

Delhi is currently examining and evaluating Dhaka's proposal for granting it such annual quota, according to a high official said.

Bangladesh has already shared a revised list of six commodities (wheat, rice, sugar, onion, garlic and ginger) with the next-door India to keep the former's domestic market stable.

In the December 2022 Indo-Bangla commerce ministerial meeting, Dhaka proposed quota on 4.5-million tonnes of ...