-ThePrint.in 2022 is emerging to be unique for Indian agriculture. Both the staple crops of rice and wheat appear to be suffering production losses. The World Bank’s food security update of August 2022 flagged how global concerns over the likelihood of a rice export ban by India are rising. It noted that “exporters, concerned that export restrictions will be introduced (as has been done for wheat), are moving quickly to open letters...

-PTI/ The Hindu Business Line Registration certificates of wheat to exporters having valid letter of credit The commerce ministry's arm Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has issued registration certificates for about 1.6 million tonne of wheat to exporters having valid letter of credit, after the ban order of May 13, an official said. The government is allowing wheat shipments for which irrevocable letters of credit (L/C) were issued on or before May...

-The Telegraph Customs accused of blocking grain’s movement on premise of export bar Malda/ Cooch Behar: Hundreds of trucks laden with around four lakh tonnes of wheat meant for export to Bangladesh have been stuck at land ports in Bengal for at least three weeks as customs authorities are allegedly refusing their onward journey. The exporters are worried that delay in the transportation of the wheat will cause them losses of crores of...

-Business Standard Since wheat export was banned on May 13, the government has been cracking down on exporters who are waiting to have their orders cleared on the basis of invalid LCs Serving a warning to unscrupulous wheat exporters, the government on Monday said if after a probe it was found they had issued post-dated letters of credit (LCs), they would be proceeded against under the Foreign Trade Act. It can take help...

-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...