-Hindustan Times The government is considering price-control measures, such as asking traders to declare their available wheat stocks, and a crackdown on Hoarding of grains, he said. India has ample wheat for federally run welfare programmes but speculative trading has pushed up cereal prices, prompting the government to consider measures, such as disclosure of stocks by private traders, a senior official said. The Union government is watching price and stock movements closely and...
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100-Day Employment Scheme: Ashok Gehlot's Job Push Ahead Of Rajasthan Polls
-PTI/ NDTV.com Calling the launching of the Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Scheme historic, Ashok Gehlot said any family that wants to increase their income at a time of high inflation could seek jobs under it. Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday launched a scheme on the lines of the MGNREGA to provide 100 days of employment to families in urban areas. Calling the launching of the Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Scheme...
More »Wheat output to fall 3% from last year, says Centre
-Scroll.in Heatwaves across many wheat-producing states have resulted in a dip in the production of the staple grain this year. India’s wheat production is likely to fall 3% to 106.41 million tonnes this year from last year’s output of 109.59 million tonnes, the Hindustan Times reported on Friday, citing the Union agriculture ministry’s third advance estimates of output of food grains. Severe heatwaves across many wheat-producing states have resulted in a dip in...
More »Wheat Shouldn't Go The Way Of Covid Jabs: India Calls Out West On Exports
-PTI/ NDTV.com Global food crisis: At the high-level meeting, India spoke about the issue of the wheat export ban for the first time in the UN since its May 13 announcement. United Nations: Calling out the West, India on Wednesday said that food grains should not go the way of the Covid-19 vaccines as it voiced concern over Hoarding and discrimination amid the "unjustified increase" in food prices. It stressed that its decision...
More »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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