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Sourav Mishra 10:43 PM | October 15,2009
Indian commodity futures market resumed trade in wheat in May 2009 while the four other suspended commodities--gram, soya oil, rubber and potato--resumed trade late last year
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Bloomberg 10:56 PM | October 06,2009
India, which last imported wheat in 2007 and this year became a net buyer of sugar, wants to ensure adequate food supplies after the driest monsoon rains in more than three decades caused a drought in almost half the country
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PTI 03:10 PM | September 23,2009
Wheat, a major rabi crop, accounts for nearly 35% of the total foodgrains production of India
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Reuters 02:09 PM | September 23,2009
Another increase in the fixed price would encourage farmers to plant more wheat, which could help cover a shortfall in summer crops this year due to deficient monsoon rains
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11:33 PM | September 20,2009
A good crop depends on adequate soil moisture levels as well as sufficient water in the country’s reservoirs
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09:20 PM | September 20,2009
Given the combination of government procurement bottlenecks, erratic monsoons and stagnant yields, food inflation management may become difficult in the years to come
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Jacob P. Koshy 11:48 PM | September 18,2009
Farm ministry forecasts output at 79 mt in 2009-10, against last year’s 80.58 mt, first y-o-y fall in four years
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PTI 12:45 PM | August 31,2009
In 2008-09, the global foodgrains production stood at 1,792 million tonnes and is likely to fall by 2.5% in 2009-10
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Himangshu Watts / Reuters 12:18 PM | August 31,2009
While the government ponders a broader policy response to the ravaged summer rice harvest and a sugar supply shortfall that will force the top consumer into substantial imports
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Rajesh Kumar Singh / Reuters 12:05 PM | August 26,2009
The government expects early sowing of winter-sown crops over a larger area this year to offset some of the crop loss
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Reuters 09:59 AM | August 25,2009
Analysts say if government releases 3 million tonnes of wheat and 2.5 tonnes of rice through open market scheme, prices will come down significantly in short-term
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Sangeeta Singh 11:52 PM | August 16,2009
The government response comes at a time when food prices are galloping even as the overall inflation based on the Wholesale Price Index is contracting. 171 districts are announced drought affected
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Reuters 03:13 PM | August 10,2009
As per latest data, paddy sowing area fell to 19.13 million hectares from 25.68 million hectares because of weak monsoon rains
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11:53 PM | July 26,2009
Rainfall between 15 July and 22 July was nearly 15% above normal
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Sangeeta Singh 12:30 AM | July 07,2009
The food subsidy is expected to further rise if more people are covered under a proposed food security Act, the blueprint of which is being prepared by the food ministry
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