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In Madhya Pradesh, Insects In Wheat Bags, Lakhs Of Tonnes Allowed To Rot
- Wednesday August 14, 2024
- India News | Written by Anurag Dwary
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
- Tuesday February 26, 2013
- Business |
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
- Wednesday October 31, 2012
- Jaipur News | Written by Harsha Kumari Singh
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
- Sunday July 8, 2012
- Business |
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
- Thursday June 14, 2012
- India News | Reuters
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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Wheat rots in Punjab, but Kashmir Kaur's family will starve
- Wednesday July 28, 2010
- India News | NDTV Correspondent
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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Punjab: Wheat grain rotting
- Wednesday June 16, 2010
- India News | NDTV Correspondent, Vikram Chowdhary
Two months back NDTV exposed how wheat grains worth hundreds of crores were rotting in the open. But even after the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh intervened, little has changed in Punjab.What's worse, now, even fresh harvest is being stored in the open at some places, like Sirhind, where there are no covers to protect the wheat from rain.The sto...
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Liquor stored in govt godown, grains rot in the open
- Saturday April 24, 2010
- India News | NDTV Correspondent
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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Jaipur: Govt godown stores liqour, wheat rots on roads
- Tuesday March 30, 2010
- Cities | NDTV Correspondent
Jaipur's main FCI godown should be full of food grains, but these days much of it is being used to store liquor. While food grains rot in the open, liqour fills up much of this godown.
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Punjab: Foodgrain rots, farmers helpless
- Saturday March 20, 2010
- India News | NDTV Correspondent
According to estimates, wheat grains worth up to Rs. 800 crore are rotting.
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Pawar promises action after report on wasted wheat
- Thursday March 18, 2010
- India News | Vikram Chowdhary
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
- Wednesday March 17, 2010
- India News | Vikram Chowdhary
Millions of metric tons of wheat grain, lying in the open, being eaten by insects Srihand in Punjab.
- www.ndtv.com
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In Madhya Pradesh, Insects In Wheat Bags, Lakhs Of Tonnes Allowed To Rot
- Wednesday August 14, 2024
- India News | Written by Anurag Dwary
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.
- www.ndtv.com
-
India's grain mountain grows despite push for exports
- Tuesday February 26, 2013
- Business |
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.
- www.ndtv.com/business
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Rajasthan Governor seeks Food Corporation of India report on complaints of poor quality wheat
- Wednesday October 31, 2012
- Jaipur News | Written by Harsha Kumari Singh
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.
- www.ndtv.com
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As crops rot, millions go hungry in India
- Sunday July 8, 2012
- Business |
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.
- www.ndtv.com/business
-
India may offer wheat to firms, poor as stocks rot
- Thursday June 14, 2012
- India News | Reuters
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...
- www.ndtv.com
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Wheat rots in Punjab, but Kashmir Kaur's family will starve
- Wednesday July 28, 2010
- India News | NDTV Correspondent
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...
- www.ndtv.com
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Punjab: Wheat grain rotting
- Wednesday June 16, 2010
- India News | NDTV Correspondent, Vikram Chowdhary
Two months back NDTV exposed how wheat grains worth hundreds of crores were rotting in the open. But even after the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh intervened, little has changed in Punjab.What's worse, now, even fresh harvest is being stored in the open at some places, like Sirhind, where there are no covers to protect the wheat from rain.The sto...
- www.ndtv.com
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Liquor stored in govt godown, grains rot in the open
- Saturday April 24, 2010
- India News | NDTV Correspondent
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.
- www.ndtv.com
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Jaipur: Govt godown stores liqour, wheat rots on roads
- Tuesday March 30, 2010
- Cities | NDTV Correspondent
Jaipur's main FCI godown should be full of food grains, but these days much of it is being used to store liquor. While food grains rot in the open, liqour fills up much of this godown.
- www.ndtv.com
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Punjab: Foodgrain rots, farmers helpless
- Saturday March 20, 2010
- India News | NDTV Correspondent
According to estimates, wheat grains worth up to Rs. 800 crore are rotting.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Pawar promises action after report on wasted wheat
- Thursday March 18, 2010
- India News | Vikram Chowdhary
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.
- www.ndtv.com
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Food grain rots in Punjab as prices soar
- Wednesday March 17, 2010
- India News | Vikram Chowdhary
Millions of metric tons of wheat grain, lying in the open, being eaten by insects Srihand in Punjab.
- www.ndtv.com