The Agriculture Secretary Ashish Bahuguna has said that as the country has got sufficient stock and in order to be a stable player in the international market, the government is not contemplating to ban exports of rice and wheat on account of poor rains. The country is not facing with the problem of availability of foodgrains and on back of bumper production, it is currently exporting various agricultural commodities including rice, wheat, sugar, cotton and maize.
The sowing of Kharif crops have been affected as the monsoon which is considered as the lifeline of the Indian agriculture and economy, has been short by 22% so far. This deficit rain has raised concern about the possible impact on crop production. Last year, the farmers have harvested a record foodgrain output of about 257.44 million tonnes on back of good monsoon received by the country. This 257.44 million tonnes includes 104.32 million tonnes of rice and 93.90 million tonnes of wheat.
Besides, India has shipped 5 million tonnes of non-basmati rice and 1.5 million tonnes of wheat after the government had permitted export of wheat and non-basmati rice in the wake of a record production, in September last year.
Further, in order to clear surplus stock the government has recently allowed the export of two million tonnes of wheat from its godowns. In the 2011-12 marketing year (October-September) period, the country is likely to export 3.5 million tonnes of sugar and 15 million bales of cotton. Recently, the government has also allowed the export of skimmed milk powder, casein and other milk products due to higher production.
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