"No Such Plan": Government Denies It May Import Wheat
NDTV
The government's lower wheat procurement and rising local prices are indicating a sharp drop in production, industry watchers have said.
India has enough wheat to feed its people, the government said on Sunday, refuting a Bloomberg report that said production cuts and rising prices worsened by a heatwave may force it to consider grain imports. There is no such plan to import wheat into India. Country has sufficient stocks to meet our domestic requirements and @FCI_India has enough stock for pubic distribution.
"There is no such plan to import wheat into India. Country has sufficient stocks to meet our domestic requirements and @FCI_India (Food Corporation of India) has enough stock for pubic distribution," the Department of Food and Public Distribution posted on Twitter in response to the report.
News agency Bloomberg had reported the news saying the Finance Ministry had not responded to an email seeking comment and a spokesperson for the food and commerce ministries declined to respond.
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