Why Pakistan’s economy is collapsing? Explained in charts
People jostle to buy subsidized sacks of wheat flour from a sale point in Quetta, Pakistan. People are suffering from recent price hike in wheat-flour in Pakistan.
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Wheat processors pick 42% of wheat offered in FCI’s first tender
Flour mills that make atta and maida have picked up 42% of the wheat the government sold in the open market through its first tender last week, according to the chairman ofFood Corporation…
Wheat prices likely to slump in coming days
Wheat prices in Delhi are trading higher by 32% from the same period the previous year at Rs 2,900 per quintal, it is trading 36% higher than the minimum support price (MSP) of Rs…
No action to control wheat prices yet: Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra
The government has ruled out any action to control wheat prices as it keeps a close watch on the price movement of the commodity. The price rise of the food grain is in tandem with the…
India weighs steps to cool record wheat prices, government sources say
Soaring wheat prices in India could prompt price-cooling measures such as the release of state reserves into the open market while axeing the 40% tax on imports, trade and government sources…
Why record wheat prices are a global worry
Consumed daily by billions of people around the world in bread and other flour-based products, wheat is a basic food staple, making current record prices for the cereal a global concern.…
Wheat prices hit record high after Indian export ban
Wheat prices surged to a new record high on Monday after India decided to ban exports of the commodity as a heatwave hit production. The price jumped to 435 euros ($453) per tonne as the…
Shrivelled wheat issue: Centre relaxes quality norms for wheat procurement in Punjab,…
In a relief to farmers, the Centre on Sunday said it has relaxed quality norms for procurement of wheat in Punjab and Haryana in the ongoing 2022-23 marketing year.
Union food ministry, in a…
Muted impact of wheat export ban on India’s domestic food inflation: Nomura
Indian government’s move to ban wheat exports to curb may prove to be counter-productive, according to a report by…