The delay in transportation could well result in a huge loss for exporters; it could run into crores of rupees as the grain is bound to start rotting as the monsoon sets in this month.
June 3, 2022The government also allowed a wheat consignment headed for Egypt, which was already under loading at the Kandla port.
May 17, 2022The AAP Government has issued directions to establish procurement counters at Narela and Najafgarh Mandis to buy wheat at MSP rates, informed Delhi Development Minister Gopal Rai.
April 8, 2022With the increase in demand of wheat globally due to the Russia-Ukraine war, wheat is being purchased above the government fixed minimum support price (MSP) by private traders in Punjab.
April 8, 2022The spokesperson said India had signed with the World Food Programme (WFP) in Rome on 12 February an agreement for sending wheat to Afghanistan.
February 17, 2022Recently, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that India was talking with Pakistan for transportation of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan is a landlockedAcountry.
January 10, 2022India in October had announced 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat for Afghanistan as humanitarian assistance and requested Pakistan to open its border for transporting the food grains. Pakistan, which otherwise does not allow two-way trade between India and Afghanistan, decided to create an exception by allowing the Indian wheat to pass through its land route.
December 31, 2021Haryana and Punjab switched from indirect payment of MSP to direct online transfer of benefits to farmers’ bank account by all the procuring agencies as per the direction of the Government of India.
April 26, 2021This wheat variety has doubled the crop yield for farmers in Karanjkhop, a village in Maharashtra.
October 14, 2020Addressing their concern, the minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said that the legislation was not against any religion or NGO.
September 22, 2020Elaborating on the same, Tomar said that NAFED has been directed to export 50 thousand metric ton wheat to Afghanistan and export 40 thousand metric ton wheat to Lebanon under G2G arrangements.
April 11, 2020Farmers and commission agents in Punjab have accused the state government of making false claims of proper lifting of wheat stored in various grain markets of the state. They have been complaining of poor lifting system in the grain markets and said the state government’s move to pay lower rates to labourers for wheat lifting …
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April 28, 2018Haryana government has made arrangements for the procurement of 80 Lakh tonnes of wheat at the minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 1,735 per quintal for the current Rabi season 2018 as compared to 74.25 Lakh tonnes of wheat procured at the MSP of Rs 1,625 during last season. While addressing a Press conference on …
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March 26, 2018Having intensified its terrorist activities in Afghanistan, the Taliban has now started targeting the aid being provided by India for the war-affected people of the country. Four trucks, loaded with India-donated wheat, were intercepted and seized by Taliban activists on Sunday afternoon when the vehicles were on their way from western Herat to the remote and less …
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February 6, 2018You can now enjoy biofortified coloured wheat with health benefits similar to fruits like blueberries.
September 12, 2017The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has picked holes in the functioning of Food Corporation of India (FCI) in 2015-16, citing fraudulent payments and spoilage of 4.72 lakh tonnes of wheat worth Rs.700.30 crore. In its report that was tabled in Parliament on Friday, the CAG said "fraudulent excess payments of Rs.14.73 lakh and Rs.37.89 …
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August 4, 2017So far more than 37.15 lakh metric tonne (MT) of wheat has arrived in the mandis of Haryana. Out of the total arrived wheat, the five government procuring agencies have purchased 37.12 lakh MT and traders have purchased 3,000 MT of wheat. Giving details of the wheat procured by government agencies, An official spokesperson said that …
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April 16, 2017