The government has sufficient food grain stocks under the central pool to meet the requirement of the country’s food security program, additional allocation from PMGKAY, and other welfare schemes, informed the Central Government through a release on Saturday. About 159 lakh tonne of wheat and 104 lakh tonne of rice will be available as on … Read more
For the first time Turkey has placed orders for 50,000 tonnes of wheat imports from India joining Egypt. While this will benefit farmers in India, it will further push up wheat prices in the country, which have already surged by up to 15% in recent weeks. Wheat prices shot up as Indian wheat is in … Read more
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs claimed that the onion prices in the country are now cheaper than the previous its efforts. The government has released more than 50% of the buffer stock of 2.08 lakh tonnes onion in the market. Onion prices had started rising from the first week of October, 2021, due to rains … Read more
Around 433.32 LMT wheat procured in the current marketing season RMS 2021-22 so far, against the last year corresponding purchase of 387.66L MT -11.77 % more in comparison to last year’s corresponding period. This is an all time high, said the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution. About 49.14 Lakh farmers have already … Read more