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In Madhya Pradesh, Insects In Wheat Bags, Lakhs Of Tonnes Allowed To Rot
Thousands of tonnes of wheat in government warehouses across Madhya Pradesh have rotted and become infested with insects, causing immense financial and food security loss.
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India's grain mountain grows despite push for exports
India will be unable to consume or export enough wheat and rice to rein in a record stockpile after another bumper harvest, a failure that means crops risk rotting in fields instead of being sold on world markets to cash in on higher prices.
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Rajasthan Governor seeks Food Corporation of India report on complaints of poor quality wheat
53,000 sacks of wheat are lying at a railway godown in Jaipur. Wheat that was purchased from Punjab is dumped there because of lack of storage space. Officials at the godown say, the wheat - 26 lakh kilos has now started emanating a bad smell and they have received complaints about the same from people in the vicinity too.
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As crops rot, millions go hungry in India
Every day some 3,000 Indian children die from illnesses related to malnutrition, and yet countless heaps of rodent-infested wheat and rice are rotting in fields across the north of their own country.
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India may offer wheat to firms, poor as stocks rot
The government appears likely to offer 3 million tons of wheat to commercial biscuit makers and flour mills and another 10 million tons at cheap prices to the poor before its huge stockpiles start to rot. A ministers' meeting to decide on offering wheat to businesses, including biscuit maker Britannia Industries, and to state governments for distri...
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India may offer wheat to firms, poor as stocks rot
India is grappling with storage problems due to bumper harvests in recent years.
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Indian wheat rots in the open after bumper harvest
India ran out of warehouse space to hold another bumper crop, a core problem of the nation's food crisis.
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Wheat rots in Punjab, but Kashmir Kaur's family will starve
Putting food on the family's plate is an everyday battle for Kashmir Kaur. This happens in a state where at least 10 lakh metric tonnes of surplus wheat, is rotting outside government godowns - grain that should have been fed into a weakening public distribution system. Kaurs have a below poverty line ration card that entitles them to 35 kilos of w...
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Liquor stored in govt godown, grains rot in the open
Liquor has found shelter in a government warehouse in Punjab, a state where hundreds of crores worth wheat grains are rotting for lack of storage space.
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Pawar promises action after report on wasted wheat
Hours after a media report showed millions of metric tons of wheat grain rotting away in Punjab, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar says his ministry will look for an urgent solution.
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Food grain rots in Punjab as prices soar
Millions of metric tons of wheat grain, lying in the open, being eaten by insects Srihand in Punjab.
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In Madhya Pradesh, Insects In Wheat Bags, Lakhs Of Tonnes Allowed To Rot
Thousands of tonnes of wheat in government warehouses across Madhya Pradesh have rotted and become infested with insects, causing immense financial and food security loss.
-
India's grain mountain grows despite push for exports
India will be unable to consume or export enough wheat and rice to rein in a record stockpile after another bumper harvest, a failure that means crops risk rotting in fields instead of being sold on world markets to cash in on higher prices.
-
Rajasthan Governor seeks Food Corporation of India report on complaints of poor quality wheat
53,000 sacks of wheat are lying at a railway godown in Jaipur. Wheat that was purchased from Punjab is dumped there because of lack of storage space. Officials at the godown say, the wheat - 26 lakh kilos has now started emanating a bad smell and they have received complaints about the same from people in the vicinity too.
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As crops rot, millions go hungry in India
Every day some 3,000 Indian children die from illnesses related to malnutrition, and yet countless heaps of rodent-infested wheat and rice are rotting in fields across the north of their own country.
-
India may offer wheat to firms, poor as stocks rot
The government appears likely to offer 3 million tons of wheat to commercial biscuit makers and flour mills and another 10 million tons at cheap prices to the poor before its huge stockpiles start to rot. A ministers' meeting to decide on offering wheat to businesses, including biscuit maker Britannia Industries, and to state governments for distri...
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India may offer wheat to firms, poor as stocks rot
India is grappling with storage problems due to bumper harvests in recent years.
-
Indian wheat rots in the open after bumper harvest
India ran out of warehouse space to hold another bumper crop, a core problem of the nation's food crisis.
-
Wheat rots in Punjab, but Kashmir Kaur's family will starve
Putting food on the family's plate is an everyday battle for Kashmir Kaur. This happens in a state where at least 10 lakh metric tonnes of surplus wheat, is rotting outside government godowns - grain that should have been fed into a weakening public distribution system. Kaurs have a below poverty line ration card that entitles them to 35 kilos of w...
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Liquor stored in govt godown, grains rot in the open
Liquor has found shelter in a government warehouse in Punjab, a state where hundreds of crores worth wheat grains are rotting for lack of storage space.
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Pawar promises action after report on wasted wheat
Hours after a media report showed millions of metric tons of wheat grain rotting away in Punjab, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar says his ministry will look for an urgent solution.
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Food grain rots in Punjab as prices soar
Millions of metric tons of wheat grain, lying in the open, being eaten by insects Srihand in Punjab.
