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Centre Further Reduces Stock Limit Amid "Uptick In Wheat Prices"
The government on Thursday further reduced the stock limit on wheat traders, wholesalers and big chain retailers to 2,000 tonnes from 3,000 tonnes with immediate effect amid uptick in prices.
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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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States Directed To Ensure Wheat Stock Disclosure To Check Unfair Practices
The Union Food Ministry on Tuesday directed state governments to ensure compliance with the June 12 wheat stock limit order and ensure disclosure of stocks, thereby checking unfair trade practices.
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Stock Limit On Wheat After 15 Years To Check Rising Prices, Hoarding
For the first time in 15 years, the government on Monday imposed stock limits on wheat with immediate effect till March 2024 in a bid to check hoarding and contain rising prices of the key commodity.
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Wheat Production Dented By Heatwave , Could Limit Centre's Stock Holding
A heatwave in northern and central India at a time the crop is ripening is threatening to damage grains and dent the country's wheat production for the second straight year.
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Prices To Cool By Rs 5-6/Kg After Centre's Move To Sell Wheat In Open Market: Millers
The Centre on Wednesday announced the sale of 30 lakh tonnes of wheat in the open market from its buffer stock to check the rise in prices of wheat and wheat flour (atta).
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India Has Enough Foodgrain Stocks To Meet All Needs: Centre
The Centre on Saturday said it has sufficient foodgrain stocks to meet the requirements under the food security law and other welfare schemes.
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No Plans To Restrict Rice Exports, Says Food Secretary
India, the world's biggest rice exporter, has ample stocks of rice and there is no plan to restrict exports, Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey has said
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After Ban, Government Allows Small Quantity Of Wheat For Export
India has allowed wheat shipments of 469,202 tonnes since banning most exports last month
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Low Wheat Yield Hurts Haryana Fodder Stock, 4 Districts Ban Sale
The dry spell has impacted wheat yield by 4-8 quintals per acre. As livestock owners and gaushalas (cow shelters) are facing a scarcity of fodder, the farmers in the state have opposed the government's ban order.
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CBI Raids 45 Godowns In Punjab, Samples Of Rice And Wheat Stocks Seized
Amid the ongoing agitation by farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, the Central government has launched raids on some 45 warehouses in the two states, seizing samples of rice and wheat stocks. The Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) search operation has been on since last night and are being carried out with help of paramilitary forces, sour...
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Government Raises Wheat Minimum Support Price By 6% For 2018-19
India buys the grain from local farmers at state-set prices to build stocks to run a major food welfare programme.
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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 Says India's Wheat Stock Position Comfortable
India's wheat stock position is comfortable as the government had 32.64 million tonnes in the central pool at the beginning of June, a government statement said on Tuesday.
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Government May Hike Import Duty on Wheat to 25% to Check Imports
The Centre may raise import duty on wheat to 25 per cent from the current 10 per cent to restrict overseas purchases when domestic stocks are surplus.
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Centre Further Reduces Stock Limit Amid "Uptick In Wheat Prices"
The government on Thursday further reduced the stock limit on wheat traders, wholesalers and big chain retailers to 2,000 tonnes from 3,000 tonnes with immediate effect amid uptick in prices.
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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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States Directed To Ensure Wheat Stock Disclosure To Check Unfair Practices
The Union Food Ministry on Tuesday directed state governments to ensure compliance with the June 12 wheat stock limit order and ensure disclosure of stocks, thereby checking unfair trade practices.
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Stock Limit On Wheat After 15 Years To Check Rising Prices, Hoarding
For the first time in 15 years, the government on Monday imposed stock limits on wheat with immediate effect till March 2024 in a bid to check hoarding and contain rising prices of the key commodity.
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Wheat Production Dented By Heatwave , Could Limit Centre's Stock Holding
A heatwave in northern and central India at a time the crop is ripening is threatening to damage grains and dent the country's wheat production for the second straight year.
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Prices To Cool By Rs 5-6/Kg After Centre's Move To Sell Wheat In Open Market: Millers
The Centre on Wednesday announced the sale of 30 lakh tonnes of wheat in the open market from its buffer stock to check the rise in prices of wheat and wheat flour (atta).
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India Has Enough Foodgrain Stocks To Meet All Needs: Centre
The Centre on Saturday said it has sufficient foodgrain stocks to meet the requirements under the food security law and other welfare schemes.
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No Plans To Restrict Rice Exports, Says Food Secretary
India, the world's biggest rice exporter, has ample stocks of rice and there is no plan to restrict exports, Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey has said
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After Ban, Government Allows Small Quantity Of Wheat For Export
India has allowed wheat shipments of 469,202 tonnes since banning most exports last month
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Low Wheat Yield Hurts Haryana Fodder Stock, 4 Districts Ban Sale
The dry spell has impacted wheat yield by 4-8 quintals per acre. As livestock owners and gaushalas (cow shelters) are facing a scarcity of fodder, the farmers in the state have opposed the government's ban order.
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CBI Raids 45 Godowns In Punjab, Samples Of Rice And Wheat Stocks Seized
Amid the ongoing agitation by farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, the Central government has launched raids on some 45 warehouses in the two states, seizing samples of rice and wheat stocks. The Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) search operation has been on since last night and are being carried out with help of paramilitary forces, sour...
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Government Raises Wheat Minimum Support Price By 6% For 2018-19
India buys the grain from local farmers at state-set prices to build stocks to run a major food welfare programme.
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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 Says India's Wheat Stock Position Comfortable
India's wheat stock position is comfortable as the government had 32.64 million tonnes in the central pool at the beginning of June, a government statement said on Tuesday.
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Government May Hike Import Duty on Wheat to 25% to Check Imports
The Centre may raise import duty on wheat to 25 per cent from the current 10 per cent to restrict overseas purchases when domestic stocks are surplus.
