The government on Thursday said that Indian origin frozen boneless buffalo meat is safe and that exports are going on smoothly without any supply chain hurdles. India has maintained its buffalo meat exports at $3.17 billion in 2020-21, similar to the previous fiscal figure, despite an overall decline in goods exports in the pandemic-hit year, the commerce and industry ministry said in a statement.

The statement comes amid reports that countries such as Indonesia have suspended buffalo meat imports from India due to the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown restrictions to contain it.

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