e-Vikas is driving behavioural shift towards need-based fertiliser use among farmers: Madhya Pradesh agri secyThe e-Vikas fertiliser system has so far benefitted 1.3 million farmers, reduced queues, and triggered a behavioural shift toward need-base...
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Decoding govt’s wheat strategy: Can higher procurement push and export quota hike lift the sector?Experts say wheat procurement may be constrained by limited storage, while exports remain largely uncompetitive globally.
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‘Iranians now blame US-Israel, not Tehran, for their economic woes’Iran's economy, known as the 'resistance economy', is facing severe impacts from the ongoing US-Israel war. Economic pressures are mounting...
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Scanner on private wheat purchases at Uttar Pradesh's LalitpurThe clearance currently is required only for Lalitpur, where procurement was among the lowest in the state this season, but traders fear it...
15 Apr, 2023, 12.24 AM IST
Farmers sell wheat to private players on global demand, lesser yieldThe RSS-affiliated Bharatiya Kisan Sangh has demanded that the government provide ₹500 bonus to states over MSP and increase government pro...
04 May, 2022, 11.54 PM IST
Wheat purchase reaches record 17 lakh tn in Punjab this season so far"The total purchase of wheat touched 17 lakh MT on April 13 which was the highest purchase on this date in the last 15 years," said an offi...
14 Apr, 2022, 10.19 PM IST
Wheat purchase by private players almost doubled to 6.4 MT so farPrivate traders and flour millers have bought an estimated 6.4 million tonnes of wheat so far this year, almost double than what they purch...
06 Jun, 2014, 05.03 PM IST
- Government to encourage privatet traders for buying wheat from farmers
The government is aiming to buy a record 45 million tonnes of wheat in the ongoing 2013-14 marketing year, as against 38 million tonnes las...
03 Apr, 2013, 06.06 PM IST
- States' views sought on uniform tax levy on wheat and rice
"We have written to state govts to give their views on levying uniform taxes on wheat and rice procurement," a Food Ministry official said.
04 Nov, 2012, 11.58 AM IST
- Several factors cheeses big private traders from significant buys
High wheat price, relatively poor quality, persisting ban on exports, cheaper wheat in the global market and a glut-inclined domestic marke...
23 Apr, 2009, 09.19 PM IST
- Non-traditional states record higher wheat procurement this season
Wheat buys by the government from non traditional states such as Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan have zoomed up noticeably even while buys fro...
09 Apr, 2009, 01.09 AM IST
- Global cos may not buy Indian wheat this season
Global agri trading entities Cargill, Glencore and the Australian Wheat Board are unlikely to lift wheat from the biggest grain-producing s...
01 Apr, 2009, 12.35 AM IST
- Private wheat procurement declines at 11.7 lakh
Private traderes and big corporate houses such as ITC and Cargill have procured only 11.7 lakh tons of wheat.
23 Jul, 2008, 04.57 PM IST
- Govt to keep an eye on wheat purchases by private traders
The government on Friday said that companies and traders will have to inform the authorities regularly if they purchase more than 10,000 to...
07 Mar, 2008, 06.01 PM IST
- Govt to keep an eye on wheat purchases by private traders
The government on Friday said that companies and traders will have to inform the authorities regularly if they purchase more than 10,000 to...
07 Mar, 2008, 05.19 PM IST