The Britannia Breakup (March 19, 2007)
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. < More>

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>