Collaboration between Groupe Danone and Wadia
family owned Bombay Dyeing
in running Britannia India
and Wadia BSN is dead and
the entities are breaking
up these companies to
settle accounts.<More>
Australia Ships Remaining Wheat
(June 29, 2006)
The Australian Wheat Board (AWB)
announced that it has resolved quality
issues with Indian authorities and
will be exporting the remaining
400,000 tons of wheat of the 500,000
tons deal valued at USD 90 million.<More>
Private Sector Wheat, Sugar Imports
Allowed
(June 23, 2006)
Concerned at rising prices of wheat
and sugar, the Cabinet Committee on
Prices (CCP) has approved the
Government to allow private sector
operators to import them and has
banned the export of pulses.<More>
Wheat Import Gets Murkier
(June 21, 2006)
Whittling down the
quarantine and quality
norms in importing wheat,
the latest tender of State
Trading Corporation of
India (STC) received eight
global bids trying to sell
3 million tons while Indian
requirements was for 2.2
million tons (mt) of
wheat.<More>
Govt may Scrap AWB Deal
(May 25, 2006)
Confronted with sub-quality
wheat arriving from the Australian Wheat Board (AWB)
and its refusal to supply human-consumable quality
wheat at the agreed price, the Government may cancel
the deal and negotiate a new one in more transparent
terms. <
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FIEO Calls for More Attention to
Food Processing
(May 23, 2006)
The Federation of Indian Export
Organization (FIEO) called for
more intense efforts from business
houses, policy makers, and traders
on India’s low share of food
export in the world even though
the country produces very high
quantities of fruits and
vegetables.<More>
Pawar Fortifies to Defend his
Wheat Policy (May 9, 2006)
The Ministry of Food and
Agriculture and Minister Sharad
Pawar would be under immense
pressure in the forthcoming
Parliamentary session over the
country's broken-down wheat
management policy.<More>
Sugar Farming Increases for Quick Profit
(March 31, 2006)
More and more Indian farmers are switching from
traditional crops of vegetables, pulses, and cereals
to sugarcane because of the quick profit they can make
from this cash crop.<More>
Cut Back in "Target Plus" Scheme
(March 28, 2006)
The Government's plan to cut back on its Target
Plus program for iron ore, sugar, and rice
exporters is raising the anger levels of these
exporters.<More>
Government Plans to Export Sugar
(March 15, 2006)
Ministry of Food and Agriculture
says that sugar production from
Uttar Pradesh has exceeded the
target 18.1 million tons (mt) by
.4 mt and is allowing the export
of this quantity to Pakistan <More>
AWB Beats US Wheat Bidders
(March 02, 2006)
Australia has beaten the US to supply the 500,000 tons
of wheat to Southern States. Australia has cost
advantages over the US and ports where methyl bromide
can be used to fumigate the wheat.<More>
Wheat Shortfall from Drought (February 25, 2006)
Apart from the controversial 0% duty import of 500,000
tons of wheat, the Government is expected to import an
additional 1.5-2 million tons (mt) this year <More>
Wheat Production Target at 16.2 mt
(February 08, 2006)
The Food secretaries of major wheat producing states
met and set the target quantity of wheat production at
16.2 million tons, an increase of 1.4 million tons
from last year.<More>
Opposition Critizes Wheat Import Decision
(February 07, 2006)
The Government came in for sharp criticism on its
decision to import 500,000 tons of wheat from
Australia.<More>
IRRI Wants Collaboration on Rice
(February 07, 2006)
Philippines-based International Rice Research
Institute (IRRI) Director Robert Zeigler asked for
visiting Indian President Abdul Kalam's support to
start collaboration with Indian scientists.<More>
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