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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.- Centre relaxes wheat procurement norms for Punjab to counter rain damageThe central government has eased wheat procurement rules for Punjab and Chandigarh for the Rabi Marketing Season 2026-27. This decision fol...
- Wheat quality norms likely to be easedThe quality of wheat has suffered due to the unseasonal rainfall in primary producing states and the government has received requests for r...
- Govt hopeful of record 112 mn tonne wheat output despite damage to crop due to bad weatherThe Centre on Monday said about 8-10 per cent of the wheat crop is estimated to have been damaged due to recent untimely rains and hailstor...
- Shrivelled wheat issue: Centre relaxes quality norms for wheat procurement in Punjab, HaryanaUnion food ministry, in a statement, said the Fair and Average Quality (FAQ) of wheat with shrivelled and broken grains has been relaxed up...
- To impose import duty of 10% on wheat: Finance Minister Arun JaitleyIn June some private firms signed deals to import 500,000 tonnes of high-protein Australian wheat in the biggest such purchases in more tha...
- Government to sell on priority 27 million tonnes of wheat procured this yearThe government will on priority distribute nearly 27 million tonnes of wheat it procured this year under the relaxed quality norms.
- Government's wheat procurement surpasses last year's levelThe Food Corporation of India (FCI) had set the wheat procurement target of 30 million tonnes for this season. Wheat procurement begins fro...
- FCI's wheat procurement falls to 27.6 MT this yearState-run Food Corporation of India has procured 27.6 MT of wheat in the 2015-16 marketing season, marginally lower than 28 MT last year.
- Food Ministry has proposed 10% import duty on wheat: Ram Vilas PaswanPaswan said his ministry has proposed 10 per cent import duty on wheat to curb cheaper shipments as the country already has surplus stock.
- Centre to reimburse 6 states amount of value-cut for wheatThe move is aimed at ensuring that wheat farmers get the full minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 1,450 per quintal.
- Wheat procurement may miss 30-million tonnes target this year: GovernmentWheat procurement is underway. About 5.93 MT has been procured so far in the ongoing 2015-16 marketing year (April-March).
- Centre further relaxes quality norms for wheat procurementThe Food Ministry has reduced the value cut for shrivelled and broken grains on the requests received from these four states.
- Centre relaxes quality norms for wheat procurement in HaryanaProviding relief to farmers affected by unseasonal rains and hailstorms, the Centre today relaxed the quality norms for procurement of whea...
- Centre relaxes quality norms for wheat procurement in 3 states"As per norms prescribed under the Food Safety and Standards Act, we permit moisture content in the grain upto 14 per cent," Paswan said.
- Centre ready to relax quality norms for wheat procurementUnseasonal rains and hailstorms, being witnessed from February-end, have damaged rabi (winter-sown) crops in about 113 lakh hectares of are...
- India seeks clear norms from Iran for wheat exportIndia hoped to export 3 million tonne of wheat to Iran this year, but no transaction has taken place as Iran is unsure about the quality of...
- Working group formed on food quality, India tells USIndia has informed the US that it has set up a working group in the Planning Commission to focus on the quality of food products.
- Local wheat’s cheaper than foreign grainGood quality Indian wheat is still substantially cheaper than foreign grain. Bread and biscuit companies have not contracted foreign wheat ...
- Govt dilutes quality norms on wheat tenderThe government has thrown food safety standards to the winds by significantly diluting the quality norms for the latest wheat import tender...
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