The government said on Thursday that, as part of its efforts to control retail prices by dumping food grains on the open market, it has sold 2.84 lakh tons of wheat and 5,830 tons of rice from its buffer stock to 2,334 bidders through an electronic auction. 3 lakh tons of wheat and 1.79 lakh…
The government will soon sell 4 lakh tonnes of wheat and 5 lakh tonnes of rice from buffer stock to bulk buyers and dealers in the first round of auctions, despite the growing retail prices of commodities. These steps are a part of the Center’s comprehensive effort to reduce the rate of increase in the…
The Center has dispatched a team to Punjab and Haryana to inspect the quality of wheat arriving at terminal markets (mandis) and procurement centers. It is possible that the Center would reduce the requirements for obtaining the cereal in the two States for the Central pool stocks. Before Monday, a decision to ease procurement standards…
Of the 15.25 lt of wheat available for sale in the open market by the Food Corporation of India (FCI), 3.85 lt had already been sold. This is 25% of the offer in the February 15th electronic auction’s second round. The second round’s weighted average price was 2,338.01/quintal, according to a statement released by the…
The industry anticipates that soya meal shipments would more than double to 14 lakh tonnes (lt) in the current oil season (October 2022–September 2023) due to the recovery in demand for Indian soya meal, particularly from SouthEast Asian and Far Eastern countries. Exports of soya meals are off to a good start. Shipments climbed by…
