Ahead of state elections, all the farm trade measures Centre has announced to placate farmersIndia has enacted policies to boost farm exports and restrict vegetable oil imports ahead of state elections. The government removed minimu...
16 Sep, 2024, 04.30 PM IST
Wholesalers, retailers, processors told to declare wheat stock; stock limit expires on March 31: GovtThe Indian government has directed wholesalers, retailers, and processors to declare their wheat stock position as the stock limit on wheat...
29 Mar, 2024, 08.08 PM IST
Govt makes it mandatory for retailers, wholesalers and processors to disclose rice stockThe Bharat rice will be sold in packs of 5kg and 10 kg at Rs 29 per kilo, he added through NAFED, NCCF, Kendriya Bhandar apart from the onl...
02 Feb, 2024, 01.54 PM IST
Atta prices fall up to 7% in one monthIndustry executives has claimed that prices of atta or wheat flour have fallen 5-7% in the past one month, following a series of measures t...
27 Dec, 2023, 06.03 PM IST
FCI eases norm for rice OMSS to contain pricesRice inflation is a concern, so we are relaxing the OMSS norms further to encourage more participation, said Ashok K Meena, chairman & MD, ...
15 Dec, 2023, 09.40 PM IST
Rice inflation: FCI chief says PDS rice quality good; appeals traders to buy grain under OMSSFCI Chief Ashok K Meena expressed concern over rice inflation and urged traders to buy rice under the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS) to boo...
15 Dec, 2023, 08.39 PM IST
Government increases bid quantity to 200 tonne under OMSS wheat to stabilise wheat, flour pricesFood Corporation of India, the government's nodal agency for procurement and distribution of foodgrains, is offloading wheat from its buffe...
27 Oct, 2023, 06.29 PM IST
Govt to sell wheat and rice in open market to control pricesThe Food Corporation of India (FCI), the government's nodal agency for procurement and distribution of foodgrains, will conduct an e-auctio...
23 Jun, 2023, 07.47 PM IST
First in 15 years: Government puts stock limit on wheatThe last time a stock limit was imposed on wheat was in 2008. The price of the cereal has risen 8.13% at the mandi level in the last one mo...
13 Jun, 2023, 01.08 AM IST
Prices of kitchen staples shoot up post festive seasonWhile wheat prices have gone up by up to 7% as the speculators are at play, rice prices have gone up by up to 7%. Prices of edible oils, wh...
03 Nov, 2022, 11.47 PM IST
Government's wheat procurement may fall by half this seasonThe government is, however, confident of meeting the target set at last year’s level of 44.4 million tonne and does not see a small shortfa...
20 Apr, 2022, 05.07 PM IST
Food items back to pre-Covid pricesImprovement in capacity utilisation at mills and in transportation, good stock with consumers and government distribution of food to the po...
30 May, 2020, 11.36 AM IST
- Wheat, bajra turn chicken feed as corn prices surge
Superior grain wheat has become chicken feed in India as low prices make it the best option for poultry farms that usually feed a mix of ex...
25 May, 2011, 03.13 AM IST
- Usher Agro to extract silica from rice husk ash
Mumbai-based Usher Agro, a rice and wheat processor that came out with a QIP recently, has procured license for silica precipitation techno...
28 Dec, 2010, 01.47 AM IST
- Blackstone, Actis among PEs in race for 40% in Usher Agro
Leading private equity (PE) firms such as Blackstone, TPG, Blue River Capital, Actis and Silk Route are eyeing more than a 40% stake in agr...
16 Sep, 2008, 01.24 AM IST
- Govt may continue ban on rice, wheat futures
Fighting hike in food rates, the government may continue the ban on futures trading on four agricultural commodities wheat, rice, tur and u...
06 May, 2008, 09.14 PM IST
- Wheat, oils & pulses likely to get cheaper in a global village
For India, the crash in global commodity prices comes as an answer to a prayer. Import of wheat, cooking oil and pulses are now likely to b...
29 Mar, 2008, 01.40 AM IST