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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Truth Hurts" data-source="post: 27720033" data-attributes="member: 477372"><img src="https://images-indianexpress-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/AW/s/images.indianexpress.com/2022/05/wheat-2.jpg?w=389" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />A labourer cleans and dries wheat at a grain market in Patiala. (Express Photo: Harmeet Sodhi)The Centre late Friday evening amended the Export Policy prohibiting the export of the country’s wheat following a spike in wheat prices globally.The “food security of India, neighbouring countries and other vulnerable countries is at risk,” the notification read.This comes at a time when the country what procurement is at an eight-year low of approximately 18.5 million tonnes, lowest since the 11.1 mt bought in 2007-08. Moreover, this would be the first time that wheat procured from the new crop (18.5 mt) is less than the public stocks at the start of the marketing season (19 mt).<a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/business/economy/india-bans-wheat-export-citing-food-security-risk-7916598/" target="_blank">https://indianexpress.com/article/business/economy/india-bans-wheat-export-citing-food-security-risk-7916598/</a></blockquote>

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