-The Hindu Business Line The extended ban has affected the turnover of commodity exchanges * What are the agri commodities in which futures trading has been banned by SEBI? SEBI has banned futures trading in seven agri commodities, including the derivatives of two produce. The banned commodities are non-basmati paddy, wheat, chana (Bengal gram), mustard seed and its derivatives, soyabean and its derivatives, crude palm oil and moong (green gram). * Why were they...
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Worried over future contracts, farmers hold on to soyabean stocks, seek better prices -Nayan Dave
-Financial Express Last year till mid-December, farmers were aware of future prices on commodity burse platforms such as National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX). Two months after harvesting the kharif soyabean crop, Narayan Singh, a farmer from Nipaniya Baijnath village of Malwa region in Madhya Pradesh, is still holding on to a chunk of the produce in anticipation of higher prices. In this kharif season, Singh harvested nearly 55 quintals of soyabean crop...
More »Edible oil makers urge for lifting of futures trade ban on crude palm oil and soy oil on commodity exchanges -Sandip Das
-Financial Express SEA has stated that the ban on futures trade has deprived importers of hedging their price risks in rupee-denominated Soya Oil and crude palm oil futures on Indian exchanges. The Solvent Extractors’ Association (SEA) of India, a body of edible oil manufacturers, on Monday demanded lifting of ban on futures trade in Soya Oil and crude palm oil (CPO) on the commodity exchanges imposed on December, 2021, to ensure risk...
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-The Hindu Business Line MSP signalling in favour of oilseeds, pulses should be backed up by credible procurement steps In announcing the minimum support prices for the kharif season, the Centre has rightly stuck to its plan of trying to wean away acreage from rice, particularly in rainfed areas, to pulses and oilseeds. This has been its policy since 2015, and it has resulted in output gains and increased acreage in pulses,...
More »Mandi prices of most items above new minimum support prices, only pulses cheaper -Sandip Das
-Financial Express “Soyabean has been selling much above MSP, however, increase in MSP provides positive signals to farmers,” D K Pathak, executive director, Soyabean Processors Association of India, told FE. Mandi prices of several agricultural commodities for which the government had announced a 5-9% increase in minimum support prices (MSPs) for the 2022-23 season are currently ruling above the MSP. Only the prices of pulses are mostly ruling below the benchmark price. Mandi...
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