Govt to import 5,000 tonnes of urad dal to check prices

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 7, 2015, 11:00

The government is taking measures to keep prices of essential commodities under control even as retail food inflation declined to 4.8 percent in May.

FoodMin has proposed 10% import duty on wheat: Paswan

Last Updated: Friday, July 3, 2015, 21:02

Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today said his ministry has proposed 10 percent import duty on wheat to curb cheaper shipments as the country already has surplus stock.

US Export-Import Bank authority set to lapse Tuesday

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 30, 2015, 06:00

US lawmakers have failed to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank before its Tuesday expiration, a lapse the bank warns will block billions of dollars in assistance to small businesses and cost thousands of American jobs.

PM asks farmers to raise pulses production

Last Updated: Sunday, June 28, 2015, 19:24

Increase in production would help in reducing import and ensuring sufficient availability of the commodity in India, he added.

Import ban on milk items from China extended till June 2016

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 24, 2015, 22:47

The government has extended the ban on imports of milk and its products from China for one more year till June 2016.

Extend ban on import of Chinese milk, chocolates for 1 year: FSSAI

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 21:35

Food safety watchdog FSSAI has recommended for extending the ban on import of milk and milk products including chocolates from China for one year till June 23, 2016.

'India signs biggest wheat import deals in over a decade'

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 16:54

Indian flour millers and the local units of global trading giants have sewn up deals to import 500,000 tonnes of premium Australian wheat since March, trade sources said, the biggest such purchases in over a decade, despite surplus stocks at home.

Govt raises import duty on selected steel products by 2.5%

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 17, 2015, 18:31

In a much needed relief for domestic producers, the government has increased the basic customs duty (BCD) on certain long and flat steel products by 2.5 percent.

PSUs to soon float pulses import tenders

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 16, 2015, 15:54

The government has finalised modalities for import of key pulses and state-run agencies such as MMTC will soon float tenders for overseas purchase of lentils, Agriculture Secretary Siraj Hussain said Tuesday.

'Immediate import of pulses will not help contain inflation'

Last Updated: Sunday, June 14, 2015, 14:44

By August-September, arrival of the new crops from countries including Canada, the US, Australia and Myanmar start, Indian Grains and Pulses Association Chairman Pravin Dongre said.

Govt to import pulses to check prices; crackdown on hoarders

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 10, 2015, 13:52

To check rising price of pulses, the government on Wednesday said it will import lentils in large quantities to boost supply and also asked states to take action against hoarders.