INDIA's Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has estimated that the amount of cardamom smuggled into India through Nepal now runs to "thousands of tons." "We estimated the quantity of Guatemalan cardamom smuggled through Nepal to be a few hundred tonnes. But when we spoke to the DRI we were informed that it runs to thousands of tonnes," minister of state for commerce, Jairam Ramesh, told reporters. Under an Indo-Nepal trade agreement, spices from Nepal can enter India duty-free... Read More