Wheat product export ban likely to be eased after good harvest
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Pune: The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has initiated moves for lifting restrictions on exports of wheat products such as aata, maida, and suji. It has written a letter to the commerce ministry to consider allowing wheat product exports with a quantitative total limit of 1 million tonnes.The wheat milling industry is urging the government for easing the export curbs as it expects a bumper wheat crop in 2025-26. "India has witnessed a bumper wheat harvest this season, and with a favourable monsoon, we anticipate yet another excellent harvest in the coming season," said Navneet Chitlangia, president, Roller Flour Millers' Federation of India. "In view of the robust domestic production, we had requested the government to lift the restrictions on wheat product exports so that India may reclaim its traditional markets across the globe."India had banned wheat and wheat product exports in 2022 as a heat wave crimped domestic p...