| This is the first time that the Mysore-based company, which is engaged in manufacture of indelible inks since 1962, has exported the marker pens. The pens are used instead of the indelible ink. |
| The Rs 17.5 lakh export order was finalised following an enquiry for marker pens of indelible ink, received from the Ministry of External Affairs and the Election Commission. |
| As the MP&VL had taken up work on manufacturing marker pens which could be used for elections, instead of the indelible ink supplied in bottles, it accepted the maiden order. |
| Subsequently, UN representative from Afghanistan Sam Vidana Gamachi visited the factory and after satisfying himself of the quality of the marker pens, signed an agreement for the purchase of 50,000 marker pens on August 27 in the presence of company chairman H N Nagaraja Murthy, MP&VL managing director M V Hemantha Kumar told the Business Standard. |
| "We are happy we could execute the first order for the indelible ink marker pens, which we had not yet introduced into the market though we started its production recently, and earn foreign exchange," Kumar said. |
| The MP&VL has held discussions with the National Polio Surveillance Programme and UN's Surveillance Project authorities in New Delhi for the supply of indelible ink pens for marking children after giving them polio drops. |
| "We are now in a position to supply marker pens of indelible ink whenever we receive orders," Hemantha Kumar added. |
| The MP&VL has a monopoly in the supply of indelible ink. It has been supplying the special quality ink for all the general elections in the country and exporting to several other countries. |
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