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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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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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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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PM Narendra Modi Told Rahul Gandhi And Co: Should Always Meet Like This
Meeting Rahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders amid acrimony in Parliament over the notes ban, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reportedly said today: "We should always meet like this."
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India to Keep Wheat Import Tax at 10 Percent
India will keep its wheat import tax unchanged at 10 percent and state-run traders will not import the grain for now, as the private trade is expected to buy up to 3 million tonnes this year, the highest in a decade, a senior government source said.
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Food Ministry Favours Slashing Import Duty On Wheat
The Union Food Ministry has strongly favoured the slashing of duty on wheat imports to at least 15 per cent from the existing 25 per cent in order to boost domestic availability of the food grain.
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India's 2016-17 Wheat Imports Could Surge To A Decade High: ITC Executive
India may import 5 million tonnes of wheat in 2016/17, while the country's output of the grain could decline by an annual 2.3 per cent to about 85 million tonnes, said S. Sivakumar, group head of agri and IT businesses at ITC Ltd.
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Odisha Food Item Traders Threaten To Stop Import
Protesting against the Odisha government's delay in withdrawing 5 per cent VAT on certain food items, a traders body on Friday threatened to stop import of essential commodities like pulses, wheat and wheat products, sugar and edible oil from other states from April 1.
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Bad Weather Could Clip India's Wheat Crop by 14%, Imports Loom
Bad weather will shave off at least 13 million tonnes from the farm ministry's latest forecast of 93.8 million tonnes for 2016, industry body ASSOCHAM said in a statement on Friday.
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Centre Hikes Minimum Support Prices for Rabi Crops to Boost Production
Hours after the final phase of voting in Bihar ended, the government on Thursday announced impressive hikes in the Minimum Support Prices or MSP for farmers, especially those who grow pulses.
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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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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.
-
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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PM Narendra Modi Told Rahul Gandhi And Co: Should Always Meet Like This
Meeting Rahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders amid acrimony in Parliament over the notes ban, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reportedly said today: "We should always meet like this."
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India to Keep Wheat Import Tax at 10 Percent
India will keep its wheat import tax unchanged at 10 percent and state-run traders will not import the grain for now, as the private trade is expected to buy up to 3 million tonnes this year, the highest in a decade, a senior government source said.
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Food Ministry Favours Slashing Import Duty On Wheat
The Union Food Ministry has strongly favoured the slashing of duty on wheat imports to at least 15 per cent from the existing 25 per cent in order to boost domestic availability of the food grain.
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India's 2016-17 Wheat Imports Could Surge To A Decade High: ITC Executive
India may import 5 million tonnes of wheat in 2016/17, while the country's output of the grain could decline by an annual 2.3 per cent to about 85 million tonnes, said S. Sivakumar, group head of agri and IT businesses at ITC Ltd.
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Odisha Food Item Traders Threaten To Stop Import
Protesting against the Odisha government's delay in withdrawing 5 per cent VAT on certain food items, a traders body on Friday threatened to stop import of essential commodities like pulses, wheat and wheat products, sugar and edible oil from other states from April 1.
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Bad Weather Could Clip India's Wheat Crop by 14%, Imports Loom
Bad weather will shave off at least 13 million tonnes from the farm ministry's latest forecast of 93.8 million tonnes for 2016, industry body ASSOCHAM said in a statement on Friday.
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Centre Hikes Minimum Support Prices for Rabi Crops to Boost Production
Hours after the final phase of voting in Bihar ended, the government on Thursday announced impressive hikes in the Minimum Support Prices or MSP for farmers, especially those who grow pulses.
