Wheat prices up 14% in 6 weeks on low supplySmall traders and farmers have sold off their wheat stocks, while multinationals and big traders are holding the stocks anticipating the pr...
21 Jul, 2022, 12.07 AM IST
Flour industry executives to meet food secretaryMillers are not able to decide about stocking more to hedge against future price rise because the government can impose stock limits in the...
11 May, 2022, 12.18 AM IST
Cooking oil, pulses, wheat flour supplies likely to face a squeezeTraders have sought fewer restrictions on transport and movement of grains and other food commodities by the railways.
08 Apr, 2020, 03.17 PM IST
Millers face supply crunch, FCI extends open saleThe FCI also opened its depots for selling grains to millers though state governments, which has curtailed the week-long e-auction process ...
28 Mar, 2020, 09.06 AM IST
Big firms like ITC, HUL & Cargill to fortify wheat flourFSSAI today said major wheat-flour brands like ITC, HUL, Cargill and Patanjali would begin to fortify wheat flour with iron, folic acid and...
07 Apr, 2017, 10.50 PM IST
Food prices may go up due to diesel price hike: IndustryRetail prices of essential food items, including wheat and edible oils, are expected to increase marginally across the country due to a ris...
14 Sep, 2012, 07.30 PM IST
- Flour mills face wheat shortage; prices of products up 30-35%
Despite record procurement of wheat from Punjab and Haryana this year, flour mills in both the states are facing severe shortage of the crop
26 Aug, 2012, 02.58 PM IST
- Rs 1900 crore windfall for flour millers from government wheat sale
Flour millers said they would pass on the gains to consumers who can hope to get products like flour, maida, and sooji at reduced rates.
20 Jun, 2012, 06.03 PM IST
- Government mulls selling wheat in open market
The government,grappling with storage space, may sell more wheat in open market to vacate godowns for accommodating the fresh harvest.
28 Apr, 2012, 03.30 PM IST
Traders flock to UP as wheat prices crash on glut, lack of state supportFlour mill owners are flocking to UP to cash in on lower wheat prices.
07 Apr, 2010, 02.34 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
- Haryana Flour mills want industry on par with neighbouring states
Hit hard by imposition of charges on procurement of wheat from mandis, Flour Milling industry of Haryana has sought from the state governme...
21 Mar, 2008, 06.05 PM IST
- International seminar on wheat fron Feb 8
A two-day international seminar on wheat will start here on Friday that will focus on ways to tackle food and nutritional security of the c...
07 Feb, 2008, 05.07 PM IST
- Millers fear high import rates may push up wheat prices
Wheat flour millers fear that the government’s decision to import wheat at higher-than-domestic prices, may jack up rates of the commodity ...
06 Sep, 2007, 04.02 AM IST
- Millers oppose plan to cut import duty on flour
Roller flour millers have called upon the government not to go ahead with the proposed import duty cut on wheat flour.
08 Aug, 2007, 05.36 AM IST
- 'Custom duty on atta should not be abolished'
The government's plan to scrap customs duty on wheat flour (atta) from the current 30 per cent has not gone down well with the millers who ...
05 Aug, 2007, 03.40 PM IST
- Wheat prices shot up by Rs 35 per quintal in Punjab
The wheat prices in Punjab have shot up by Rs 35 per quintal to Rs 930 per quintal within a week's time.
27 Jun, 2007, 04.30 PM IST