No plan to shift MPEDA headquarters from Kochi: Goyal

Kochi: Union Commerce and Industries Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said there was no plan to shift the headquarters of the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) from Kerala to Andhra Pradesh.

Rejecting the reports, Goyal said the statutory body under the Union Commerce and Industries Ministry will continue to operate from this southern coastal city.

There is absolutely no plan to shift MPEDA from this beautiful city of Cochin and we have a very large set up here and it will continue to grow from strength to strength”, the Minister told reporters reacting to a query after holding separate stakeholder consultations with leaders of fishermen and marine exporters here.