-Livemint.com The company estimates that it will have to increase prices by another 10% this year if spot prices of key commodities persist in the current fiscal NEW DELHI: Biscuit maker Britannia Industries Ltd, said it will have to take “tough calls" and initiate price corrections as inflationary headwinds continue to persist. In the last fiscal, the maker of Good Day biscuits and packaged cheese hiked prices by 10%. Major factors for the inflation...
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UN agency in talks with India on wheat procurement amid Ukraine war
-PTI/ The Hindu World Food Programme report talks of a three-dimensional crisis — food, energy and finance The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) has said that it is in discussions with India on procurement of wheat as several countries face food security challenges amid the Ukraine war. “We are in discussions with India on procurement of wheat. So, that is something which is ongoing,” the WFP’s Chief Economist Arif Husain said at...
More »Should India Stop Wheat Exports To Feed Its Poor? -Kamalika Ghosh
-Outlook India Better prices luring Indian farmers to sell their produce to private traders for sale in the global markets. Should India need to worry? One man’s loss is another man’s gain. And here, in a rare circumstance, the Indian farmers seem to be on the gaining side. First, the Centre had to bow in front of the community and revoke its three farm laws, and now, because of the Russia-Ukraine war,...
More »Wheat procurement & lifting impacted in Punjab, 18 farmers have committed suicide so far -Harpreet Bajwa
-The New Indian Express Also this season till yesterday only 62.81 per cent of wheat has been lifted. Thus approximately eighteen farmers have committed suicide to date across the state this month alone due to low yield. CHANDIGARH: The procurement operation of wheat this season in Punjab has been impacted as till yesterday different central and state government agencies, including the Food Corporation of India have purchased only 85.98 Metric Tonnes (MT)...
More »Strong demand may bring down closing stock of major farm goods by FY23-end -Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-Business Standard Experts feel this could keep prices of major farm commodities and products dependent on them, such as poultry and meat, at an elevated level for quite some time By the end of this financial year or perhaps even earlier, depending upon the crop cycle, India might be staring at a multi-year low closing inventory levels of several key farm commodities. Stocks of sugar, wheat, cotton and oilseeds both, with traders and...
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