Duty On Wheat

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  "Our Duty To Back Farmers Who Feed Nation": Rahul Gandhi Attacks Centre

  Ahead of the third round of talks between the BJP-led central government and farmers' representatives, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi called on all Indians to support their demand for a complete rollback of three contentious agricultural laws.

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  After GST, Some Items That Could Become Cheaper

  GST will subsume many local and central taxes including excise duty, service tax, VAT and octroi.

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  May Reimpose Import Duty On Wheat: Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan

  The government is considering bringing back import duty on wheat to protect farmers' interest after a bumper domestic crop, Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said today.

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  Government Considering Imposing Import Duty On Wheat

  Right now, the arrival of new wheat crop has begun in Madhya Pradesh. The crop is yet to arrive in other growing states, Agriculture Secretary Shobhana K Pattanayak said.

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  Bharatiya Kisan Union Demands 40 percent Import Duty on Wheat

  The Centre's decision to remove import duty on wheat today came under attack from the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) which asked the government to withdraw the move and instead hike the tax to 40 per cent.

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  PM Narendra Modi Told Rahul Gandhi And Co: Should Always Meet Like This

  Meeting Rahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders amid acrimony in Parliament over the notes ban, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reportedly said today: "We should always meet like this."

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  Bhopal Farmers Hit Hard After Centre Scraps Import Duty On Wheat

  38-year-old farmer Deenu Yadav, who lives some 40 kms from state capital Bhopal, is uncertain whether the wheat crop he's growing will fetch him good price now that the centre has scrapped import duty on the grain. The government says the decision was taken to reduce domestic prices and denies there's a shortage.

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  Opposition Protests Zero Import Duty On Wheat, Says It's Anti-Farmer

  Angry Opposition protests over government's move to slash import duty on wheat to zero allegedly to benefit multinational firms forced adjournment of the proceedings of Rajya Sabha till afternoon today.

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  Food Ministry Favours Slashing Import Duty On Wheat

  The Union Food Ministry has strongly favoured the slashing of duty on wheat imports to at least 15 per cent from the existing 25 per cent in order to boost domestic availability of the food grain.

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  Government Hikes Duty on Wheat to 25% to Check Imports

  The government has raised import duty on wheat to 25 per cent till March next year to restrict overseas purchases in the wake of falling global prices.

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  Govt May Hike Import Duty on Wheat to Check Imports

  Wheat production in India, the world's second-biggestgrower, is estimated to have declined to 88.94 million tonnesin the 2014-15 crop year, as against the record production of95.85 million tonnes in 2013-14.

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  India to Impose Import Duty of 10 Percent on Wheat

  India will impose an import duty of 10 percent on wheat until March 31 next year, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday.

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  India Decides to Introduce Import Duty on Wheat to Curb Overseas Purchases

  India has decided to introduce an import duty of 10 percent on wheat after a gap of eight years, according to government sources.

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  India Might Put a Stop to Wheat Imports as Global Prices Rise

  India is unlikely to import more wheat in the coming weeks due to surge in global prices and concerns that the government may anytime slap 10 per cent duty on inbound shipments, according to traders.