-PTI/ The New Indian Express They also slammed the Centre for not announcing a bonus of Rs 500 per quintal of Wheat, as demanded by them to compensate the drop in the yield on account of shrivelled grains due to intense heat wave CHANDIGARH: Farmers' unions in Punjab on Monday dubbed the Centre's decision of banning Wheat exports as an "anti-farmer" move, saying that the Union government is not letting them reap...
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North India faces an acute fodder shortage, courtesy Wheat crisis, climate change -Arvind Shukla
-Down to Earth Wheat straw is being sold at Rs 1,100-1,700 per quintal; it was being sold at Rs 400-600 per quintal last year Farmers across north Indian states are facing a shortage of dry fodder due to the Wheat crisis, which in turn, has been primarily fuelled by an unusually hot March, according to farmers, agricultural scientists and experts. Many farmers chose to plant mustard instead of Wheat this rabi season in...
More »Buy Wheat till May 31, Centre tells States
-The Hindu Extension of procurement season to benefit farmers, it says The Centre has asked Wheat-producing States and union territories (UTs), whose procurement closing dates were expiring early, to keep procuring Wheat till May 31, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution said in a statement on May 15. The extension of the Wheat procurement season was “expected to benefit farmers”, the Ministry said. The Ministry had also directed the Food...
More »Centre allows 18 percent relaxation for shrivelled Wheat from Punjab & Haryana; but procurement over -Harpreet Bajwa
-The New Indian Express But interestingly the procurement in both states is over. CHANDIGARH: The Centre has allowed relaxation in procurement norms for shrivelled Wheat grains up to 18 per cent against the earlier specification of 6 per cent with any value cut for the central pool from both Punjab and Haryana. This, due to the abnormally high temperatures. A letter written on Friday by Vishwajeet Haldar, Deputy Commissioner (Storage and Research Division) in...
More »India’s Wheat ban defies economic logic
-Livemint.com The political economy favours the government taking tough measures to protect the consumers — more numerous and more vocal than producers — even if these measures go against the grain of economic sense. India’s decision to restrict Wheat export is disappointing but not a big surprise. Banning exports has been the government’s standard response to any shortage of agricultural commodities, denying farmers the benefit of global prices when these are high....
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