 "B V R Subrahmanyam")
Hours after imposing a ban on wheat exports, senior government officials on Saturday said that the step has been taken to divert supplies to poor, vulnerable nations and stop unregulated outbound shipments that often result in hoarding.
They also said that going ahead, if global prices change, the ban can be reviewed.
“No order is in perpetuity. If the figures change, if global prices change, if the food and agriculture departments are comfortable, it will be reviewed,” commerce secretary B V R Subrahmanyam told reporters.
The food ministry, after tweaking the proportion of wheat and rice that it will distribute under the free
