Exhibit 12.1



Certification



Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange
Act



I, Karan A. Chanana, certify that:



| | 1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Amira Nature
                                                            Foods Ltd;
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| | 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
                                                            statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
                                                            to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which
                                                            such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
                                                            covered by this report;
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| | 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
                                                            information included in this report, fairly present in all material
                                                            respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
                                                            of the company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
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| | 4. | The company’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible
                                                            for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures
                                                            (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
                                                            company and have:
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| | a. | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
                                                                  such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under
                                                                  our supervision, to ensure that material information relating
                                                                  to the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is
                                                                  made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
                                                                  during the period in which this report is being prepared;
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| | b. | Evaluated the effectiveness of the company’s disclosure
                                                                  controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions
                                                                  about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,
                                                                  as of the end of the period covered by this report based on
                                                                  such evaluation; and
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| | c. | Disclosed in this report any change in the company’s
                                                                  internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
                                                                  the period covered by the annual report that has materially
                                                                  affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
                                                                  company’s internal control over financial reporting; and
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| | 5. | The company’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed,
                                                            based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
                                                            reporting, to the company’s auditors and the Audit Committee
                                                            of the company’s board of directors (or persons performing the
                                                            equivalent functions):
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| | a. | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in
                                                                  the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
                                                                  which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the company’s
                                                                  ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information;
                                                                  and
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| | b. | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
                                                                  or other employees who have a significant role in the company’s
                                                                  internal control over financial reporting.
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|Date: June 13, 2013 | By: | /s/ Karan A. Chanana           
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|                    |     | Name: Karan A. Chanana         
|                    |     | Title:  Chief Executive Officer
|                    |     | (Principal Executive Officer)