Govt imposes 10% import duty on wheat

Last Updated: Friday, August 7, 2015, 14:23

Government on Friday imposed 10 percent import duty on wheat till March 2016 to curb shipments and liquidate poor quality grains lying in FCI godowns.

Govt to sell on priority 27 mn tonne wheat procured this year

Last Updated: Friday, July 31, 2015, 18:44

The government will on priority distribute nearly 27 million tonnes of wheat it procured this year under the relaxed quality norms through ration shops, welfare schemes and open market sales.

No decision yet on slapping import duty on wheat: Govt

Last Updated: Friday, July 24, 2015, 16:04

The government on Friday said it has not yet taken a decision to impose duty on wheat imports.

India to roll out $20 billion food welfare plan by December

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 7, 2015, 19:57

India will roll out its multi-billion dollar food welfare plan by December, the food minister said, allowing 67 percent of its 1.2 billion people access to cheap rice and wheat.

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.

Private millers to import 5 lakh tonnes wheat from Australia

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 20:04

Private flour millers from south India are importing wheat for the first time in a decade and have contracted for 5 lakh tonnes from Australia, of which 60,000 tonnes has already reached Indian ports, traders said.

'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.

FCI to enhance wheat procurement in eastern states

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 16, 2015, 15:46

He said FCI has put all efforts to enhance the procurement of wheat and during RMS 2015-16, 21 lakh MT of wheat has been procured till date from 3.70 lakh farmers at MSP.

States not in favour of uniform tax on wheat/rice: Food Ministry

Last Updated: Sunday, May 31, 2015, 11:38

"We have discussed the matter with state governments. They have not agreed on uniform taxation. So, it is not possible to implement this recommendation of the panel," a senior Food Ministry official told PTI.

Measures will be in place in case of poor monsoon: FinMin

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 20, 2015, 19:03

Government will put in place a combination of measures like offloading rice and wheat stocks to cool down prices in case of a below normal monsoon this year.

Wheat output may decline by 4% in 2014-15 on unseasonal rains

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 13, 2015, 14:51

Wheat production may fall by 4 percent during the 2014-15 crop year from record 95.85 million tonnes in the previous year as the crop was affected due to the recent unseasonal rains and hailstorms.