“The Department of Food and Public Distribution directs traders, wholesalers, retailers, big chain retailers, and processors in all states and union territories to declare their stock position on the portal beginning April 1, 2024, and continuing every Friday until further orders,” according to the order issued by the Department of Food and Public Distribution on…
The agriculture minister, predicts that the nation will produce a significant amount of wheat this year due to increased coverage. The principal rabi (winter) crop, wheat, was sown in October and is already fully grown. The top three states with the most area covered by wheat are Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Punjab. “As per…
This year, the government has sold 3.04 million tonnes (MT) of wheat to bulk buyers through the Food Corporation of India (FCI) under the open market sale system (OMSS) in an effort to lower prices. The government wants to increase domestic supplies by selling 10 MT of wheat through OMSS by March 31, 2024. By…
Due to increased demand for major holidays, tight supply, and the fact that import taxes prevent domestic flour mills from purchasing wheat abroad, Indian wheat prices soared to an eight-month high on Tuesday. In order to boost supplies and regulate prices in front of crucial state assembly elections and a general election next year, the…
The government has begun buying 10,727 metric tonnes of wheat for the Rabi marketing season 2023–2024 as opposed to buying nothing last year, the food ministry announced in a statement on Tuesday. The food ministry noted in a statement that “according to the most current reports from FCI field offices, the recent rains have not…
Ahead of the start of the harvest for plants that have already experienced some heat stress, industry, and meteorological department officials warned that untimely rains and hailstorms could harm India’s important winter-sown crops including wheat, rapeseed, and chickpeas. The central, northern, and western areas of India, which are important growth regions, have been cautioned by…
The States told the Union Government that the procurement may be met this year considering current crop conditions, and the Union Government has plans to purchase 34.1 million tonnes (mt) of wheat in the upcoming rabi marketing season beginning in April. “That is not a target but based on what States have informed the Centre,”…
