India wheat production

<!-- -->Total foodgrain production is also estimated to touch a record 330.53 million tonneNew Delhi: The country's wheat production is estimated to set a new record of 112.74 million tonne in the 2022-23 crop year (July-June), while…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi boldly declared that his country was ready to “feed the world” after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Less than four months later, the government needs to consider grain imports. Even before PM Modi made…

NEW DELHI: A day after imposing strict export controls, the Centre on Sunday extended wheat procurement in six states, including Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, by up to three weeks with the exercise now targeted to end on May 31. The…

NEW DELHI: The government is likely to take a call soon on whether to slow down wheat exports amid concerns over the dip in stocks of the foodgrain with the Food Corporation of India (FCI) due to aggressive buying by private players and…

Amidst the Russia-Ukraine war, India’s wheat exports have picked up after global prices surged, and total shipments from the country have already touched a record of 6.6 million tonne this fiscal so far, food secretary Sudhanshu Pandey has…