foodgrains

So far the government has been extremely cautious in considering wheat and rice exports as it is preparing to introduce a food security law that guarantees cheap foodgrains to nearly 70% of the population.

India Allows Rice Exports Rajesh Roy 2011

"We have to be cautious as we will need enough foodgrains...once we introduce the food security law," he told reporters.

India: No Foodgrain Exports From Government Stocks Rajesh Roy 2011

India, the world's second-largest grower of rice and wheat, expects to produce between 240 million and 242 million tons of foodgrains in 2011-12, Mr. Basu said in an interview.

India Grain Output Expected to Rise Banikinkar Pattanayak 2011

India will require 280 million tons of foodgrains by 2020-21, and agriculture production will need to grow by 2% annually to meet the demand, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said during the weekend.

India Food Security Program to Cost $67.41 Billion Biman Mukherji 2011

He said India will require around 60 million metric tons of foodgrains for supplies a year under the proposed law.

India Food Security Program to Cost $67.41 Billion Biman Mukherji 2011

NEW DELHI –India's foodgrains output is set to rise to a record 235.88 million metric tons this crop year, according to government estimates, a figure which is likely to pave the way to lifting the export ban on wheat and common rice varieties.

India Foodgrain Output to Hit Record High Banikinkar Pattanayak 2011

NEW DELHI -- India's plan to roll out an ambitious food security program to give cheap foodgrains to the poor and malnourished won't succeed unless the government revamps a creaky distribution network and boosts other infrastructure such as storage and transport, Farm Minister Sharad Pawar said Wednesday.

India Minister: Tough To Implement Food Security Law Rajesh Roy 2012

India, the world's second-largest producer of wheat and rice, produced a record 235.9 million tons of foodgrains in the crop year through June, largely because of normal monsoon rain.

India Monsoon Rains Seen Below Normal Rajesh Roy 2011

"Above all, we will have to take up a massive program to increase foodgrains production, without compromising the production of other crops," Mr. Pawar said.

India Minister: Tough To Implement Food Security Law Rajesh Roy 2012

The law, which will guarantee cheap foodgrains to 70% of India's more than 1.2 billion people, will lead to a likely subsidy expenditure of 949.87 billion rupees during the first year, Mr. Thomas said late Tuesday.

India Food Security Program to Cost $67.41 Billion Biman Mukherji 2011