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Government Considers Wheat Imports From Russia At Discount To Calm Prices: Report
India is in talks with Russia to import wheat at a discount to surging global prices in a rare move to boost supplies and curb food inflation ahead of state and national elections next year, according to four sources.
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India May Cut Wheat Import Tax To Boost Supply, Check Prices: Report
The central government is considering cutting or even abolishing a 40% import tax on wheat and lowering a limit on the amount of wheat stocks millers and traders can hold, a government official said on Friday, as part of efforts to boost supplies.
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In Pre-Budget Meet, Farmers' Bodies Ask Centre To Lift Export Ban On Wheat
In a pre-budget consultation with the finance ministry, farmers' organisations on Tuesday asked the government to lift ban on exports of agri items like wheat and restrict import of products that cost below the minimum support price (MSP).
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India Wheat Export Ban Hits Chewy Chapati Eating Punjabis In Singapore
India's ban on wheat exports since May has hit Singapore eateries serving soft chewy chapati, mostly for Punjabis, as the cost has gone up by three times on imports of the similar in quality staple north Indian basic food material from other countrie
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"No Such Plan": Government Denies It May Import Wheat
The government's lower wheat procurement and rising local prices are indicating a sharp drop in production, industry watchers have said.
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India May Import Wheat, Months After PM's Promise To "Feed World": Report
Prime Minister Narendra Modi boldly declared that India was ready to "feed the world" after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Less than four months later, the government needs to consider grain imports.
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Is Rice Next After Wheat, Sugar? Government May Decide Soon, Experts say
Rice may be India's next food protectionism target after it restricted wheat and sugar exports, analysts say, a move that could have a devastating impact on global food security as it's an important staple.
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As Russia-Ukraine War Rages On, Egypt Seeks Wheat Supplies From India
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday informed that Egypt has approved India as wheat supplier
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Pak's U-Turn On Plans To Resume India Imports After Political Backlash
Pakistan's government has made a swift U-turn on plans to allow limited imports of sugar, cotton and wheat from India after a political backlash against the move. The Pakistani government's economic coordination committee said on Wednesday that impor
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Varuthini Ekadashi: Date, Time, Importance, Fasting Rules
On Varuthini Ekadashi, devotees observe fast by avoiding beans, wheat, rice and pulses. They can have water, milk, fruits, sabudana, sweet potato, potato, groundnuts and chestnuts during the fasting period.
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May Reimpose Import Duty On Wheat: Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan
The government is considering bringing back import duty on wheat to protect farmers' interest after a bumper domestic crop, Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said today.
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Government Considering Imposing Import Duty On Wheat
Right now, the arrival of new wheat crop has begun in Madhya Pradesh. The crop is yet to arrive in other growing states, Agriculture Secretary Shobhana K Pattanayak said.
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Minister Venkaiah Naidu Faces Opposition Anger In Rajya Sabha
Information & Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today faced the Opposition ire when he got up to rebut their criticism of the government for allowing duty free import of wheat at the time of bumper crop.
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Government Likely To Impose 25% Wheat Import Tax: Report
India, the world's second-biggest wheat producer, lowered the import tax on the grain to 10 percent from 25 percent in September 2016 and scrapped the duty on December 8 last year.
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India's Wheat Stocks Set to Fall to 10-Year Low, Beckoning Imports
India's wheat stocks in April next year, when the new season begins, are likely to be at their lowest levels in more than a decade after two successive droughts sapped the soil of moisture and cut output, traders and industry experts said.
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Government Considers Wheat Imports From Russia At Discount To Calm Prices: Report
India is in talks with Russia to import wheat at a discount to surging global prices in a rare move to boost supplies and curb food inflation ahead of state and national elections next year, according to four sources.
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India May Cut Wheat Import Tax To Boost Supply, Check Prices: Report
The central government is considering cutting or even abolishing a 40% import tax on wheat and lowering a limit on the amount of wheat stocks millers and traders can hold, a government official said on Friday, as part of efforts to boost supplies.
-
In Pre-Budget Meet, Farmers' Bodies Ask Centre To Lift Export Ban On Wheat
In a pre-budget consultation with the finance ministry, farmers' organisations on Tuesday asked the government to lift ban on exports of agri items like wheat and restrict import of products that cost below the minimum support price (MSP).
-
India Wheat Export Ban Hits Chewy Chapati Eating Punjabis In Singapore
India's ban on wheat exports since May has hit Singapore eateries serving soft chewy chapati, mostly for Punjabis, as the cost has gone up by three times on imports of the similar in quality staple north Indian basic food material from other countrie
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"No Such Plan": Government Denies It May Import Wheat
The government's lower wheat procurement and rising local prices are indicating a sharp drop in production, industry watchers have said.
-
India May Import Wheat, Months After PM's Promise To "Feed World": Report
Prime Minister Narendra Modi boldly declared that India was ready to "feed the world" after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Less than four months later, the government needs to consider grain imports.
-
Is Rice Next After Wheat, Sugar? Government May Decide Soon, Experts say
Rice may be India's next food protectionism target after it restricted wheat and sugar exports, analysts say, a move that could have a devastating impact on global food security as it's an important staple.
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As Russia-Ukraine War Rages On, Egypt Seeks Wheat Supplies From India
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday informed that Egypt has approved India as wheat supplier
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Pak's U-Turn On Plans To Resume India Imports After Political Backlash
Pakistan's government has made a swift U-turn on plans to allow limited imports of sugar, cotton and wheat from India after a political backlash against the move. The Pakistani government's economic coordination committee said on Wednesday that impor
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Varuthini Ekadashi: Date, Time, Importance, Fasting Rules
On Varuthini Ekadashi, devotees observe fast by avoiding beans, wheat, rice and pulses. They can have water, milk, fruits, sabudana, sweet potato, potato, groundnuts and chestnuts during the fasting period.
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May Reimpose Import Duty On Wheat: Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan
The government is considering bringing back import duty on wheat to protect farmers' interest after a bumper domestic crop, Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said today.
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Government Considering Imposing Import Duty On Wheat
Right now, the arrival of new wheat crop has begun in Madhya Pradesh. The crop is yet to arrive in other growing states, Agriculture Secretary Shobhana K Pattanayak said.
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Minister Venkaiah Naidu Faces Opposition Anger In Rajya Sabha
Information & Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today faced the Opposition ire when he got up to rebut their criticism of the government for allowing duty free import of wheat at the time of bumper crop.
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Government Likely To Impose 25% Wheat Import Tax: Report
India, the world's second-biggest wheat producer, lowered the import tax on the grain to 10 percent from 25 percent in September 2016 and scrapped the duty on December 8 last year.
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India's Wheat Stocks Set to Fall to 10-Year Low, Beckoning Imports
India's wheat stocks in April next year, when the new season begins, are likely to be at their lowest levels in more than a decade after two successive droughts sapped the soil of moisture and cut output, traders and industry experts said.
