Tag: wheat prices
‘Food prices won’t see festival season spike’: Food secretary Sanjeev Chopra
Prices of major agricultural commodities such as wheat, rice, edible oil and sugar will not see a sharp increase in this festive season, food secretary…
wheat prices: India’s wheat curbs insufficient; traders demand stock release
India’s curbs on traders and processors are not enough to contain the rise in wheat prices during festival season, and the government needs to release…
Indian flour mills urge govt to release wheat stocks as prices surge
Indian wheat prices rose to their highest level in nearly nine months on Wednesday and could surge further during the festival season unless the government…
Wheat Prices: Govt to sell wheat and rice in open market to control prices
Amidst the rising retail prices of staples, the government will sell 4 lakh tonnes of wheat and 5 lakh tonnes of rice from buffer stock…
omss: First in 15 years: Government puts stock limit on wheat
The central government has imposed stock limits on wheat till March 31 next year to arrest the rising prices of the grain, said food secretary…
Wheat: Wheat prices rise 4% in two weeks
Wheat prices have increased by more than 4% in the last two weeks across the country – an unusual occurrence during the harvest season that…
Unsure about open market sale, private sector laps up wheat from the markets
The wheat flour industry fears the government may not be able to sell enough wheat from the central pool in the open market this year…
Wheat quality norms likely to be eased
The Department of Food and Public Distribution is mulling relaxation of the fair and average quality (FAQ) norms for wheat in the ongoing rabi marketing…
Wheat Procurement: India plans to relax wheat procurement norms to replenish stocks
India has been planning to relax norms to procure wheat from farmers amid untimely rainfall and hail which damaged the crop just before harvesting in…
wheat export ban: Wheat ban should continue: Roller Flour Millers’ Federation of India
Ban on exports of wheat and wheat products such as attta, maida and suji must continue even in FY 2023-24, the Roller Flour Millers’ Federation…