| Wheat export ban to stay | 07-OCT-09 |
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| India, the world’s second-biggest producer of wheat, won’t end a ban on exports of the cereal to avoid food shortages after drought and floods damaged crops of rice and sugar cane. |
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| Non-basmati export ban hits organic farmers in Kerala | 20-AUG-09 |
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| The blanket ban on export of non-basmati rice is having an adverse impact on the organic paddy farmers in Kerala, according to the Vadakkenchery Padasekhara Samithi (VPS), an organisation of organic farmers. |
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| Rivals gain from India's non-basmati export ban | 14-JUL-09 |
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| India’s ban on export of non-basmati rice has been a boon to competitors like Thailand whose shipments have risen by 1.7 million tonnes in 2008, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has said. |
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| Mr Pawar's controls | 04-JUN-09 |
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| Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar let it be known during his first meeting with journalists after assuming office anew, that the curbs and controls on the export and internal marketing of key farm commodities would not be lifted soon; this has naturally dismayed both traders and farmers. The statement from Mr Pawar comes as a surprise because agricultural markets are in balance and the government has no baggage in the form of Left support to carry around. Measures like the ban on the export of wheat and rice, suspension of futures trading in several agricultural commodities and stock limits on private trade, were imposed by the previous government when double-digit inflation was causing concern, when commodity prices were surging, and when pressure from the Left parties meant that the government had to be seen to be doing something. |
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| Nuke fallout: Japan to impose export ban on N Korea | 27-MAY-09 |
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| Japan has decided to impose an outright ban on exports to North Korea as part of its efforts to toughen sanctions on Pyongyang following the nuclear test by the country, Japanese government sources have said. |
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| Govt unlikely to relax export ban on sugar, wheat: Pawar | 26-MAY-09 |
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| In spite of having two successive years of record procurement in wheat and rice (non-basmati), the government is in no mood to relax the export ban on both these commodities. Instead, it plans to use the grain stocks to fulfil the promise of subsidised grain to the poor made by the Congress in its election manifesto. The Congress had promised wheat and rice at Rs 3 a kg to BPL families. |
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| Rice export ban may be lifted on surplus | 21-MAY-09 |
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| India, the world’s second-biggest producer of rice, may scrap a ban on overseas shipments after a record harvest increased stockpiles, a government official said. |
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| Govt rules out cotton export ban | 26-SEP-08 |
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| The government has ruled out any plan to ban cotton exports in the wake of estimated production of 32 million bales outweighing the domestic demand for the season beginning October. |
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| Traders see end to rice export ban | 11-SEP-08 |
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| With the government easing restrictions on rice exports twice in a span of two weeks, traders now look forward to a complete lifting of the ban clamped six months ago. |
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| Govt to extend export ban on rice till Nov-end | 05-AUG-08 |
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| The export ban on rice and other foodgrains is most likely to stay till the end of November and the review will be made only after the arrival of the new crop.
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