If states have to fall in line with MSPs declared by political parties, they will have to do so in violation of central order or bear the full expense of the surplus procured at above MSP rates.
The ban on export of wheat and rice may be eased only after the government fulfills the election promise of providing 25 kg of staple food to poor families at Rs 3 a kg, Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar said.
To facilitate wheat exports of up to 1.5 million tonnes to Iran, discussions are on with Tehran with regard to lifting the 16-year old ban on the Indian grain, a government official said.
India's wheat crop, threatened by abnormally hot weather in December, has improved after widespread winter rains and a drop in temperatures across the key growing northern and central states, officials and traders said.
The government said on Monday that it would continue to allow exports of rice, wheat and wheat products without quantitative restrictions as long as there were enough stocks for domestic consumption.\n\n
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The Indian government had asked the US Administration to ensure that American millers meet strict quality norms to the wheat to be imported to India.
'The core group from Pune, which bought arms, trained people, carried out intelligence gathering and participated in all the stages of the battle, consisted of RSS volunteers.' 'The Pune group raised resources with the help of three stalwarts from the film industry.' 'The stalwarts were Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammad Rafi and C Ramchandra.'
Seven global companies are in the fray for supplying over one million tonnes of wheat to India.
While other leading wheat producing countries like China and U.S are witnessing a decline in output, India has stood as an exception with an estimated record production of 84.27 tonnes of the staple foodgrain this year.
The Central government is certain that the country will meet the wheat production target for 2008-09., inspite of the hailstorms that destroyed standing crops. According to data provided by officials, wheat crops in around 100,000 hectares of land have been damaged in Haryana itself after the recent hailstorms. The exact loss was being assessed and a special revenue assessment will be ordered later. But govt said wheat production estimate remains unchanged at 74.81 mn tonnes.
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A good wheat crop this season is likely to ease the near double digit inflation in the next 2-3 months, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said on Wednesday.
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Bids, which will open on December 18, will remain valid upto December 26. Bidders should quote for a minimum 35,000 tonnes and a maximum of 1,00,000 tonnes of wheat, MMTC said.
Paediatricians at the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh have found that wheat grass juice has the potential to lower transfusion requirements of thalassemics.
The United States, which has always claimed that India's wheat import norms are too stringent, has once again asked the Indian government to relax these norms.
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Despite domestic shortages, Pakistan is unlikely to import wheat from India owing to political reasons and different agri-trade regimes in the two countries, a Pakistani legislator and industry representative said in New Delhi.
The Chabahar port, located in the Sistan-Balochistan province on the energy-rich Persian Gulf nations southern coast, lies outside the Persian Gulf and can be easily accessed from India's western coast, bypassing Pakistan.
'Had they agreed to our demands that we raised two years ago, we would have never started our agitation again.'
The disputed region witnessed clashes on Saturday between the police and activists of a rights movement, leaving at least one police official dead and injuring over 100 people, mostly policemen.
The sale will be conducted after the requirements of buffer and strategic stocks are met. The buffer norm for wheat on April 1 was 4 million tonnes (mt). Creation of a 3 mt strategic stock has also been proposed. The central pool had a wheat stock of 24.38 mt on August 1. After meeting the monthly requirement of about a million tonne for the August-March period and excluding the stock norms, the Food Corporation of India will be left with a stock of 9.3 mt.
The wholesale price index based inflation rose to 12.44 per cent for the week ended August 2. Wheat has a weight of 1.38 per cent in the index. The department of economic affairs and the department of food and public distribution are in favour of selling 4 million tonnes wheat.
The incident occurred on Monday night when the victim, Mohammad Razaq (40), came out of a mosque in his village Kunda Top under the Thanamandi police station area. Razaq's brother, Mohammad Tahir Choudhary, is a soldier in the Territorial Army, police said.
The procurement has already touched 19.8 million tonnes and government agencies continue to procure 200,000-250,000 tonnes daily.
In a major breakthrough, Egypt on Friday opened up its 7 million tonne wheat market to India with its technical authorities clearing Indian grain quality for imports.\n\n\n\n
Indian wheat exports, almost grounded by a shortage of rail wagons and a government policy to halt sales of lower grade grain, are unlikely to pick up before May, traders said on Wednesday.
Several BJP-backed state governments have unveiled schemes targeting the poor, women, farmers and students, following the party's setback in the Lok Sabha polls.
India is at risk of sustained food price inflation as domestic production of key staples such as wheat and edible oil fails to keep pace with rising demand, according to the country's top official on commodities trading.
India will export wheat to Iran as part of the government's moves to step up agricultural revenue, Prime Minister Atal Bihari said on Friday.
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Many individual states experienced higher inflation than the all-India figures during the financial year 2023-24 (FY24). Retail inflation figures in Telangana, Haryana, Rajasthan and Dadra and Nagar Haveli have been higher than national numbers every month of this financial year, shows a Business Standard analysis of state-wise figures, after the March inflation data was released on Friday. Experts noted that persistent high food inflation along with differences in the weights of rural and urban indices plays into the regional variation in inflation rates.
Seven global companies are in the fray for supplying over one million tonnes of wheat to India.
American wheat may find its way to India again following an Indian government delegation's visit to the US to sort out differences in quality control.
The Indian government has asked the United States Administration to ensure that American millers meet strict quality norms to the wheat to be imported to India.
