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Beyond rice, wheat: Why India must revive native ‘orphan crops’ for protein securityIndia can boost nutrition security, cut import dependence, and build a global smart protein industry by scaling climate-resilient indigenou...01 Jun, 2026, 10.20 AM IST- 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.04 May, 2026, 09.47 AM IST
- India's farm output hits record 357 million tonnes in 2024-25: J&K Lieutenant GovernorIndia is leading the global fight against climate challenges. Agriculture production reached 357 million tonnes in 2024-25. Jammu and Kashm...28 Apr, 2026, 06.36 PM IST
- India's wheat production resilient despite setbacks: Agri ministryIndia's wheat output for the 2025-26 crop year is stable. The agriculture ministry assures resilience despite unseasonal rains and hailstor...26 Apr, 2026, 02.52 PM IST
- India's wheat output likely at 110-120 mn ton in 2025-26 amid weather damage, says Food SecyIndia's wheat output for the 2025-26 crop year is expected to be between 110 and 120 million tonnes. Unseasonal rains and hailstorms have i...24 Apr, 2026, 11.50 PM IST
- Govt clears UP potato buy at Rs 6,500/ton, hikes gram cap in Andhra PradeshThe government is stepping in to support farmers. Twenty lakh tonnes of potatoes will be bought in Uttar Pradesh. Gram procurement limits h...18 Apr, 2026, 02.43 PM IST
- SC seeks Centre’s response on plea over MSP linked to cost of cultivationThe Supreme Court is currently reviewing an appeal aimed at elevating the significance of state-led assessments of farming costs in the est...13 Apr, 2026, 05.33 PM IST
- Indian wheat was poised to feed the world. It now grapples to replenish reservesIndia's wheat policy requires a comprehensive review to ensure the production and procurement balance is maintained.04 May, 2024, 10.37 AM IST
- Review procurement policy for wheat, rice at MSP: Niti PanelA NITI Aayog working group has recommended the government to reconsider its open-ended procurement policy for rice and wheat at minimum sup...01 Mar, 2024, 12.43 AM IST
- NITI Aayog working group suggests government re-visit rice and wheat procurement policy at MSPThe 23-member working group on crop husbandry, agriculture inputs, demand and supply, set up by the Aayog in 2022 under PS Birthal, directo...29 Feb, 2024, 08.22 PM IST
- ET Explainer: How BJP’s poll promise in MP, Rajasthan may distort wheat marketThe BJP's election promise to buy wheat from farmers in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan at Rs 27 per kilogram contradicts the central food min...04 Jan, 2024, 12.30 PM IST
- CACP wants review of government procurements, Centre wants them unchangedIt said a review of procurement practices would encourage farmers to plant other crops. “The commission also recommends that open-ended pro...25 Sep, 2020, 06.56 AM IST
- Food Cooperation of India aims to buy 42 million tonne wheat in 2013-14 seasonFCI aims to procure over 42 million tonne wheat in the 2013-14 season, blowing a bigger hole in the food subsidy bill.24 Jan, 2013, 05.40 AM IST
- 'Private help may hit paddy MSP'Private sector companies may be engaged by the Centre, subject to approval from state governments, to procure foodgrain during the kharif m...15 Sep, 2007, 03.44 AM IST
- Wheat procurement policy to have a say in UP pollsFirst sugar and now, wheat. With UP chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav wringing out the most from the inflation issue and high essential co...16 Mar, 2007, 04.11 AM IST
- Cong wants higher MSP for wheatThe wheat import controversy involving Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar is likely to set the NCP chief on a collision course with Co...13 Oct, 2006, 02.44 AM IST
- Foodgrain procurement policy on wayThe food ministry is paving the way to assert "Who’s Afraid of the Private Trade?", by putting in place a brand new, "fool-proof", food gra...27 Jun, 2006, 12.24 AM IST
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