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FM Arun Jaitley says govt to impose import duty of 10% on wheat

by Mayank Bhardwaj |Aug 7, 2015

Reuters reported last week that a decision was taken after top officials from the ministries of agriculture, food, trade and finance met to discuss ways to curb overseas purchases when domestic st...

If the law is approved, India could overtake Australia as the world's third-largest exporter behind Brazil and Thailand.

Govt may mandate mills to export sugar surplus

by Mayank Bhardwaj |Aug 5, 2015

If the law is approved, India could overtake Australia as the world's third-largest exporter behind Brazil and Thailand.

Govt expects full roll-out of $20 billion food welfare plan by December

by Mayank Bhardwaj |Jul 7, 2015

The previous Congress-led government approved the National Food Security Act (NFSA) in August 2013. The country's 29 states and seven union territories had to implement it within a year.

 "There are strong chances French and Russian wheat will find their way to India because of attractive prices ... and if the euro goes down, I expect more French wheat coming to India," one source said. (Photo: Reuters)

India signs biggest wheat import deals in over a decade: Report

by Mayank Bhardwaj |Jun 24, 2015

Flour millers and global trading companies have sewn up deals to import 5,00,000 tonnes of premium Australian wheat despite surplus stocks at home, mainly on concerns that untimely rains in February a...

"Farmers are already reeling under heavy losses ... and now they don't have money to irrigate their fields or use an optimum level of inputs like fertiliser," said Ashok Gulati, an agricultural economist. (Photo: Reuters)

Rural economy may contract for first time in 10 years as drought looms

by Mayank Bhardwaj |Jun 15, 2015

This year's rainfall is officially forecast to be only 88 per cent of the long-term average and, for the first time in nearly three decades, farmers face a second straight year of drought or droug...

 The officials said Nestle was being accused of unfair trade practices, adding this is the first case in which the Indian government has sought damages from a multinational.

Govt seeks damages from Nestle after noodle scare, say officials

by Mayank Bhardwaj |Jun 7, 2015

"It's a serious matter concerning public health and the law allows us to take suo moto legal steps, or legal actions, against erring entities," said one official in the consumer affairs department...

The agriculture sector posted two straight quarters of negative growth of 1.1 per cent each to March. (Reuters)

Drought scare: Agriculture sector shrinks first time in five years

by Mayank Bhardwaj |Jun 4, 2015

The agriculture sector posted two straight quarters of negative growth of 1.1 per cent each to March.

Photo: Reuters

PM Modi's income insurance idea may not win over angry farmers

by Mayank Bhardwaj |Jun 3, 2015

Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans to provide millions of farmers with income insurance linked to crop prices, officials say, but it may not do much to ease rural distress, with small farmers stan...

Monsoon seen below average in 2015: Meteorological Department

by Mayank Bhardwaj |Apr 22, 2015

Rains are expected to be 93 per cent of a long-term average, earth science minister Harsh Vardhan said, after releasing the forecast of the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Wheat import deals biggest since 2010 as rains damage crop (Photo: Reuters)

Wheat import deals biggest since 2010 as rains damage crop

by Mayank Bhardwaj |Mar 31, 2015

Flour millers have bought between 70,000 and 80,000 tonnes of Australian prime wheat for April-May shipment at $260-$265 a tonne, including cost and freight.