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The year so far ranks among the worst for Ali, a 75-year-old farmer in Uttar Pradesh who lost 35 per cent of the wheat crop he sowed in his two-hectare field due to the heatwave. The quality of the harvest was not that good either. His…

India on Thursday decided to restrict wheat flour exports to check rising prices in the domestic market and ensure food security. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), which met under the chairmanship of Prime Minister…

The government on Thursday decided to put restrictions on the export of wheat flour to curb rising prices of the commodity. The decision of the Cabinet "will now allow to put a restriction on the export of Wheat Flour which will ensure…

Reliance Retail has won a bid to buy 40,000 tonnes of wheat from Haryana State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation (Hafed) at ₹24,200 a tonne, officials at the cooperative body said on Wednesday. Hafed, which used to procure…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi boldly declared that his country was ready to “feed the world” after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Less than four months later, the government needs to consider grain imports. Even before Modi made his…

NEW DELHI: India has been an agriculture intensive country since Independence. Despite the sector's share in the economy declining over the years, the country relies heavily on agriculture for its growing foodneeds. As the country turns…

Wheat prices bounced back on Friday after falling 2% before the meeting of the flour millers with the food secretary, as the government did not issue any direct statement to control prices. Now, the market expects another 10-15% increase…

NEW DELHI: Extending the free food grain scheme of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) beyond September will be a tough call for the government considering the depleting wheatand rice stocks and the likely huge subsidy…

India has so far exported 18 lakh tonnes of wheat to such countries since May 13 when it imposed control on free export of staple.NEW DELHI: India has continued supplying foodgrains, including wheat, to countries on humanitarian grounds…

India has exported 1.8 million tonnes of wheat to a dozen-odd countries, including Bangladesh and Afghanistan, since the country banned exports of the grain on May 13, according to Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey. About 33,000 tonnes of…