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Government Considers Wheat Imports From Russia At Discount To Calm Prices: Report
India is in talks with Russia to import wheat at a discount to surging global prices in a rare move to boost supplies and curb food inflation ahead of state and national elections next year, according to four sources.
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India May Cut Wheat Import Tax To Boost Supply, Check Prices: Report
The central government is considering cutting or even abolishing a 40% import tax on wheat and lowering a limit on the amount of wheat stocks millers and traders can hold, a government official said on Friday, as part of efforts to boost supplies.
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"No Such Plan": Government Denies It May Import Wheat
The government's lower wheat procurement and rising local prices are indicating a sharp drop in production, industry watchers have said.
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India May Import Wheat, Months After PM's Promise To "Feed World": Report
Prime Minister Narendra Modi boldly declared that India was ready to "feed the world" after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Less than four months later, the government needs to consider grain imports.
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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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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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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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India to Keep Wheat Import Tax at 10 Percent
India will keep its wheat import tax unchanged at 10 percent and state-run traders will not import the grain for now, as the private trade is expected to buy up to 3 million tonnes this year, the highest in a decade, a senior government source said.
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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 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.
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Indonesia Seeks Ways to Tame Hunger for Food Imports
Indonesia's two presidential candidates have pledged to increase the amount of farm land to improve self sufficiency, although previous such plans by Asia's top importer of wheat and a major buyer of other grains and edibles have often stumbled.
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Government Considers Wheat Imports From Russia At Discount To Calm Prices: Report
India is in talks with Russia to import wheat at a discount to surging global prices in a rare move to boost supplies and curb food inflation ahead of state and national elections next year, according to four sources.
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India May Cut Wheat Import Tax To Boost Supply, Check Prices: Report
The central government is considering cutting or even abolishing a 40% import tax on wheat and lowering a limit on the amount of wheat stocks millers and traders can hold, a government official said on Friday, as part of efforts to boost supplies.
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"No Such Plan": Government Denies It May Import Wheat
The government's lower wheat procurement and rising local prices are indicating a sharp drop in production, industry watchers have said.
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India May Import Wheat, Months After PM's Promise To "Feed World": Report
Prime Minister Narendra Modi boldly declared that India was ready to "feed the world" after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Less than four months later, the government needs to consider grain imports.
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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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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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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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India to Keep Wheat Import Tax at 10 Percent
India will keep its wheat import tax unchanged at 10 percent and state-run traders will not import the grain for now, as the private trade is expected to buy up to 3 million tonnes this year, the highest in a decade, a senior government source said.
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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 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.
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Indonesia Seeks Ways to Tame Hunger for Food Imports
Indonesia's two presidential candidates have pledged to increase the amount of farm land to improve self sufficiency, although previous such plans by Asia's top importer of wheat and a major buyer of other grains and edibles have often stumbled.
