States could be exaggerating the failure of the wheat crop due to unseasonal rains for votebank politics
Let bullion importers buy dollars from exporters at a premium.
India is grossly out-priced for most commodities and this is likely to continue as long as the ISIS and Ukraine…
Replicating the “structured bilateral trade” with Russia could help make rupee a better-traded currency
This will reduce the heavy burden from importing oil and facilitate the thriving of oil-cake exports
The Shanta Kumar panel’s recommendations have provoked the NDA government to restructure the Food Security Act
All trade transactions are conceived with measures to minimise market risk.
With export duty, Russian wheat shipments off the radar
Indian futures/spot markets should be used for estimating prices and enabling price discovery
The disappearance of FCI rice stock worth R10,000 crore…
Wheat prices are recovering—the government must ship out some stocks
Though the current estimation of Indian rice export is about 9 million tonnes, there is a glimmer of hope that…
The US, except for modifying the language of the peace clause, might not have changed its stand at all
Sell the new crop to Indian consumers while the old one can be disposed of abroad
In addition to incurring huge losses, they are destabilising both exports and domestic market
The government must tweak bid conditions to evoke greater response and also do its own price recce
