Govt extends 25% import tax on wheat: Paswan

Government has extended a 25% tax on wheat imports, the Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Friday, to help curb cheap shipments into the country in a surplus year.

India in March extended the 25% import tax on wheat by three months to June 30.

The government has notified the extension of the import tax on wheat, Paswan said in a tweet, without specifying any timeline.