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At UN Food Security Minister Meet, India Defends Wheat Export Ban

-TheWire.in India asserted that inequitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines was a cautionary precedent for not walking a similar path in global foodgrain shortage. New Delhi: India on Wednesday defended the ban on Wheat Exports as necessary to address “unjustified” food prices and asserted that inequitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines was a cautionary precedent for not walking a similar path in global foodgrain shortage Speaking at the US-led Food Security Ministerial meeting at UN...

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Wheat caught in crossfire: How an export ban is affecting wheat prices -Dipu Rai

-IndiaToday.in How is the wheat export ban affecting its price in the domestic market? From war to heatwaves and floods to drought, wheat, a crucial global food, is under attack and is getting more expensive day by day. India was seen as a collateral beneficiary after the Russia-Ukraine war, but bread became more costly after a ban on its global sales. But this price change is working differently in the Indian domestic...

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Devinder Sharma, a well-known trade and agriculture expert, interviewed by Rashme Sehgal (Newsclick.in)

-Newsclick.in Agri expert Devinder Sharma says today, as in the past, commodity trading, massive speculation and unfair terms of trade are behind rising food prices. As India battles food price inflation, Devinder Sharma, a well-known trade and agriculture expert, explains why Indian policymakers should boost farm incomes to revive the economy. “If farmers, comprising 50% of the country’s population, were to receive a higher income through a guaranteed MSP, it would create...

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India relaxes wheat export ban -Aparna Banerjea

-BusinessToday.in Allows wheat consignment already registered with customs prior to the order. The Indian government on Tuesday announced some relaxation to its earlier notified ban on Wheat Exports issued by Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Department of Commerce.  In a fresh notification, the Ministry of Commerce stated, "It has been decided that wherever wheat consignments have been handed over to Customs for examination and have been registered into their systems on or...

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India roasted -Renu Kohli

-The Telegraph The economic impact of heatwaves is steep India is feeling the heat in ways other than the rising prices. The ongoing heatwave, in which temperatures have shot above 45 degree Celsius in many parts of northwest and central India, highlights the rising climate risks and their attendant costs. Heatwaves, beginning earlier than in the past, are part of a changing climate whose defining features, in addition to the gradual rise...

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