New Delhi [India], September 23 (ANI): The recent changes in India's rice exports policy have been done keeping in mind the need to support the ethanol-blending programme that saves costly oil imports and to help the animal husbandry and poultry sectors by reducing the cost of animal feed that has a bearing on the price of milk, meat and eggs.

New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): India exported 100 lakh metric tonne (LMT) of sugar and diverted 35 LMT to ethanol production during the 2021-22 sugar season, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution said on Friday.

New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): With the aim to stabilize onion prices, the government maintained a buffer stock of 2.5 Lakh Metric Ton (LMT) in financial year 2022-23, said Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution in a written reply to Lok Sabha.

Davos [Switzerland], May 25 (ANI): Amid surging prices of food items due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said India will continue to allow wheat export to countries that are in serious need, are friendly and have the letter of credit.

New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): The global shortage of sugar has triggered the demand, hence Indian government has taken a precautionary step by putting a cap on the export of sugar to 100 lakh metric tonnes (LMT), the idea behind the sugar export restriction is to make prices of sugar stable, said Sudhanshu Pandey, Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution.

New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): The Central government on Wednesday imposed restrictions on sugar exports up to 100 lakhs metric tonnes (LMT) from June 1, 2022, to maintain domestic availability and price stability during the sugar season 2021-22 (October-September).

New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): India's stock of wheat is significantly higher than the strategic and operational requirements, and the prices in the country remain stable despite the global surge caused by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, government sources said.

Chandigarh Apr 20 PTI The Punjab government on Wednesday said it achieved 50 per cent of wheat procurement target for the ongoing marketing season within 20 days of the beginning of the process on April 1 Out of the estimated 130 lakh metric tonnes of wheat the state mandis saw the arrival of 6750 LMT so far of which 6540 LMT has been procured during the ongoing rabi marketing season according to an official statement Nearly 27 per cent more wheat arrived in mandis this year as compared to corresponding period of last year the statement said During the previous years rabi season 5335 LMT of wheat had arrived till date Of the total quantity arrived so far 6195 LMT of wheat has been purchased by government agencies while the remaining 345 LMT by private agencies it said Arrival of wheat from Sangrur district was the highest at 727 LMT of which 718 LMT has been procured till April 19 Ferozepur and Patiala saw the arrival of 540 LMT and 531 LMT respectively The crop was sown over 3502 lakh hectares in the state and the total wheat production is estimated at 171 LMT Meanwhile the state government has warned traders private companies and individuals against buying wheat directly from farmers without paying the market fee An official spokesperson said that it has come to the notice that some persons traders and firms have been illegally procuring wheat directly from farmers If any such case is found offenders will have to pay a penalty amounting 10 times of market fee in addition to the actual market fee the spokesperson said PTI SUN HVA

New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goal on Friday stated that the central government has always been accommodative of the requests of Telangana state.

New Delhi [India], November 24 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the extension of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY-Phase V) for four months - from December this year till March 2022.