Karnal Bunt Scare Hits Wheat Exports To More Nations Countries

To counter this, the commerce ministry recently took a delegation to these three countries and to Turkey (which had earlier rejected Indian wheat on the same grounds) to allay fears on Indian wheat.

The ministry has issued a missive to all the embassies abroad alerting them about the problem and asking them to allay fears on this count.

It has rendered a trade notice of 2.5 million tonnes of wheat exports inoperable. This allows an exports of 10 lakh tonnes