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Senate told 50K tons of rice smuggled into PH weekly
PM faces impeachment charge for continuing rice support
scheme
Thailand's rice subsidy scheme comes under scrutin
Thai govt seeks $5 billion in loans to fund rice-buying scheme
Paddy harvest on 50,000 acres in Cuddalore district affected
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Yingluck to fight rice scheme probe
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Asia and Pacific officials to finalize rice strategy scoop
29.01.2014

Senior government officials and development partners from Asia met today to finalize a regional rice
strategy.Convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the ―Consultative
Meeting on Rice Strategy for Asia and the Pacific,‖ has attracted more than 40 participants from some 17
countries of the region and representatives from development partners.The participants are considering the
contents of a draft ―Rice strategy for sustainable food security in Asia and the Pacific region,‖ that once
adopted, would have an impact on the prospects for food security for future generations.
The delegates are drawn from major rice exporting and consuming countries including India, Thailand, Viet
Nam, Indonesia and Philippines.In 2012, the FAO‘s member states called upon the Organization to help them
formulate a regional strategy that would benefit both net exporters and importers of rice – a staple food source
across the Asia-Pacific region.―Having such a strategy in place will considerably facilitate the formulation of
national rice strategies, policies and investment plans to address emerging challenges and benefit from new
opportunities,‖ said Hiroyuki Konuma, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Asia
and the Pacific. ―Thus, the formulation of an Asia-Pacific regional rice strategy is (our) direct response to the
call by the member states.
While it is recognized that each country must have its own strategy – a single regional policy cannot provide a
one-size-fits-all solution – there is a need for guiding strategic options for future rice sector development toward
2030.―Hence, our work and efforts will not end by the formulation of a regional strategy, but they will
contribute to the betterment of people in this region, especially smallholders, the majority of whom depend
upon rice for their livelihoods - economically, socially and environmentally,‖ Konuma added.Across Asia,
especially in the wake of the 2008 rice price crisis, coordination and sustainability of such a vital crop has been
the centre of much debate. The issues range from productivity to resource use efficiency, to trade, cultural
heritage and the effects of climate change.―For the people in this region, rice is a crop of life, culture, stability
and sustainable development,‖ Konuma added.The regional rice strategy will be presented for consideration in
March at the FAO‘s 32nd Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

PhilRice: Little investments in R&D slows down agricultural productivity
Category: Agri-Commodities
29 Jan 2014
Written by Ramon Efren R. Lazaro / Correspondent
STUDIES by economists at the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) showed that low investment in
research and development (R&D) slows down agricultural productivity.Flordeliza Bordey and Sergio Francisco

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of the PhilRice Socioeconomics Division, author of the 12-monograph series Productivity Growth in Philippine
Agriculture said the country‘s ability to feed an increasing population or total factor productivity is
declining.Reports from the budget division of the Department of Agriculture showed R&D had a 0.08-percent
share of public spending compared to infrastructure, regulatory services, and production support in 2001. This
less than 1-percent share declined to half in 2002 and 2003. It increased to 0.06 percent in 2004 and 0.05
percent in 2005.The book showed the country has low public investment in R&D compared with Indonesia,
Malaysia, India and China.In 2002 Indonesia spent $177 million; Malaysia, $424 million; India, $1,355 million;
China, $2,574 million; and the Philippines, $141 million.
―The conclusions from the studies imply that the decline in productivity growth is caused by the inability of the
country to allocate its resources efficiently, and to policies that intervened in the process of resource allocation,‖
the authors said.With their findings, they concluded R&D investments in agriculture in general have not
received priority attention from the government.―The continued under investment would have a negative
implication on productivity. This needs to be addressed to realize the high benefits from agricultural R&D,‖ the
authors said.In the case of rice, the economists found that among public investments in R&D, extension,
production subsidy and irrigation, only R&D generated cost savings or was able to spend less money than the
expected cost.
Despite spending less, R&D activities had improved agricultural productivity through researches and
technologies.Meanwhile, PhilRice also reported that local executives in the country are prioritizing measures
that will reduce rice wastage as commitment in sustaining the National Year of Rice 2013, which will be
launched this year as the Be RICEponsible campaign.It noted that last year, around 130 towns and cities
pledged to support policies that would promote responsible rice consumption for the country to be rice selfsufficient and for the Filipinos to have better health.Hazel Antonio, director of the National Year of Rice 2013
campaign, said dialogues with the food-service industry and discussions at the local legislature are now being
conducted to implement the default serving and availability of half rice to prevent wastage.
―The goal of default serving and availability of half-cup rice is not to limit the rice consumption of Filipinos,
but rather to give consumers more freedom to order what they can only eat,‖ Antonio said.The rice institute also
noted that food establishments in some provinces including La Union, were required to include half cup of rice
in their menu.Based on a 2008 data of the Food and Nutrition Research Institute, every Filipino wastes around
nine gram of cooked rice daily.The wastage is equivalent to 13 percent of our rice imports in 2010 and can be
valued at P6.2 billion, enough to feed 2.6 million Filipinos for a year.
―We cannot solve the issue on rice wastage by forcing people to eat beyond what they can. The solution is to
provide them with smaller serving options and by serving half-cup as default especially during conferences or
meetings where plated meals are served,‖ Antonio said.―In the end, this will not only reduce wastage in rice but
also on money as people will not be forced to pay for something that they do not want to eat,‖ Antonio said.

Customs authorities probe alleged abuse of rice import permits
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Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian customs authorities are investigating the alleged abuse of permits to
import Vietnamese rice, which had sparked a polemic at the Cipinang wholesale market in East Jakarta."The
Directorate General of Customs and Excise will soon take anticipatory steps in response to the alleged abuse (of
the rice import permits) at an operational level in the customs service and supervision system," Director General
of Customs and Excise Susiwijono Moegiarso stated in a press statement released on Tuesday.
He noted that the import of 16.9 thousand tons of rice complied with the standing procedures and rules, the
given import approvals, surveyors reports and the automated reconciliation from the Indonesian National Single
Window portal.However, he did not rule out the possibility of the import permits being abused on the grounds
that the permits used written approvals intended to import special rice instead of general rice which can be
imported by state logistics board (Bulog)."This has happened as the HS codes of the two types of rice are the
same: 1006.30.99.00. The Directorate General of Customs and Excise is investigating the alleged abuse of the
import permits, including the audit of the surveyors reports," he explained.
Under the Trade Ministers Regulation No.06/M-DAG/PER/2/2012, the import of rice, with headings
1006.30.99.00, can be done only by Bulog with approval from the ministry to stabilize price, cope with a state
of emergency, provide subsidized rice for the poor, or address food scarcity issues.Last year, the ministry issued
a permit to import 16.9 thousand tons of special rice, consisting of 1,845 tons of the Basmati variety and 14,997
tons of the Japonica variety.According to the Directorate General of Customs and Excise, the rice imports from
Vietnam were shipped 83 times and involved 58 importers other than Bulog. The rice was imported via Tanjung
Priok port in North Jakarta and Belawan port in North Sumatra.The rice imports were supported by import
permits and surveyors reports. On Tuesday, Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan pledged to take stern measures
against abusers of the rice import permits, explaining that the permits were issued according to the standing
procedure and recommendation from the Agriculture Ministry.However, he added that the Trade Ministry had
yet to find evidence pointing toward the abuse of rice import permits.
(S012/INE),
Reporting by Satyagraha
EDITED BY INE
(KR-BSR/O001)
Editor: Jafar M Sidik

Senate told 50K tons of rice smuggled into PH weekly
By Michael Lim Ubac
Philippine Daily Inquirer
2:12 am | Wednesday, January 29th, 2014
MANILA, Philippines—Some 2,000 container vans with 50,000 metric tons of rice were smuggled into the
country weekly in 2013 (or 2.6 metric million tons annually), a customs official told the Senate ways and means
committee.t the hearing initiated by Sen. Juan Edgardo Angara to reform the graft-ridden Bureau of Customs

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(BOC), Deputy Customs Commissioner Agaton Uvero said that this massive smuggling of rice was reportedly
stopped last October, when the new leadership appointed by President Aquino began to assume the helm of the
bureau.
Angara is the chair of the Senate ways and means committee.Uvero, the new deputy customs commissioner for
assessment and operations coordinating group, made the revelation while being quizzed by Senate Minority
Leader Juan Ponce Enrile.―Roughly … 50,000 tons a week … at its height,‖ Uvero said, citing ―anecdotal
accounts‖ and government data.Uvero said the favorite ―landing sites‖ for smuggled rice were the ports in
Davao, Cebu and Manila.This practice, however, has been stopped ―based on data,‖ he said.―I don‘t have data
right now,‖ Uvero later told reporters. He said he was not ―authorized to talk.‖Angara was appalled by the
magnitude of rice smuggling, telling reporters in an interview after the hearing that revenue that could have
been collected by the BOC would have gone to rehabilitating areas hit by Super Typhoon ―Yolanda.‖
Angara said it was ―too early to wave the white flag. We [in the government] should do what we can. [The new
leadership] should do things differently.‖He said the new BOC leadership was still going through the learning
curve. ―So let‘s give them a chance [to do their job].‖Angara conducted the hearing to seek the inputs of
industry players and concerned government officials on the measures filed in the Senate seeking to reform the
BOC—Senate Bill Nos. 168 (the proposed Customs and Tariff Modernization Act), 442 (a proposed Act
Amending Certain Provisions of Presidential Decree No. 1464 or the Tariff and Customs Code of the
Philippines), 456 (a proposed Act Instituting Reforms in the Bureau of Customs, Increasing Penalties for
Smuggling), 741 and 882 (a proposed Act Amending Certain Provisions of Presidential Decree No. 1464).
Running out of time?
At the hearing, Enrile doubted whether the Aquino administration was on track to eliminating smuggling.―You
have only two years of administration and I hope you will stay there forever … once this administration exits.
What can you do in two years?‖ Enrile asked Uvero.The senator asked if the BOC could reform the BOC in the
remaining years of Aquino‘s presidency.―Why don‘t you [just] implement the law? Forget reformation,‖ Enrile
said. ―We have a basic problem of management [at the BOC].‖Noting that Uvero and the new set of officials
led by Customs Commissioner John Philip Sevilla were just four months on the job, Enrile said: ―You have my
sympathies, best … of success.‖Uvero represented Sevilla at the hearing.
Bucket full of holes
Sevilla was appointed last December, but Aquino named the five deputy commissioners in October of
2013.―It‘s really rooted in the old system,‖ Uvero said, explaining the underlying reason for the inefficiencies
that continued to plague the BOC despite the computerization of the collection system.Enrile noted that
―smuggling is worsening‖ under the present administration.―It has grown now. The level is 30 percent of the
imports, of the market, [are] smuggled products,‖ Enrile said. ―Why is it you‘re groping in the dark? It seems to
me anyway.‖To which Uvero responded: ―I believe the priorities of previous administrations have been
different. We‘re talking of reforms [now],‖ he added.Uvero likened the BOC to a bucket full of holes. ―You

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remove people. If the system is still there, there‘s still smuggling.‖
He said the BOC was looking at systemic solutions using regulations, legislation and manpower solutions.One
such measure was to drastically bring down the number of employees from 6,200 to 3,500, and yet he noted that
lately the volume of (import) shipment had improved ―tremendously.‖
Work of entire government
Enrile told Uvero that it was difficult to cleanse the BOC without the full backing of Malacañang.―You can‘t
stop smuggling without the participation of Malacañang. And I‘m talking from experience. I succeeded
somehow during my time not because of myself but because I had the full backing of the Palace. I‘m sure the
President is interested (in reforming the BOC),‖ said Enrile, who once headed the BOC.Enrile said defeating
smuggling was the work of ―the entire government, not just one agency,‖ and this would include the Coast
Guard, Navy and police.―You‘re absolutely right.
As already indicated, [this] has been an interagency effort to curb smuggling in the country,‖ Uvero
responded.―We have the full backing of Malacañang,‖ said Uvero, who was an international trade expert before
his appointment to the BOC.Uvero said that just in the last two weeks, the BOC had caught a lot of incidents of
misdeclaration of imported items that passed through X-rays, which were purchased by the government at a cost
of $140 million.―We have been able to reorganize people in Customs in December. We‘re moving people
around,‖ he said.But Enrile was unconvinced. ―By doing that, I know that your revenue went down, and it will
continue to go down. Moving people in the BOC will not mean anything to us, to me anyway.‖Uvero disagreed,
saying revenue actually went up in January.―The November-December (2013 revenue) showed a 19-percent
increase, compared to year on year, month on month,‖ he said.He said the 19 percent was way better than the 6percent increase in BOC revenue for the whole 2013.
Accreditation ‘payoff’
Asked by Enrile if the BOC was already meeting its target, Uvero said: ―Not yet. But we have very good
numbers.‖At the same hearing, Jesus Arranza, the Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI) chair, disclosed the
alleged ―payoff in the accreditation‖ of importers.―I have nothing against the broker but I have a friend who is
not working now. He put up his own company. So the first time he would like to import, he called a broker,‖
Arranza said.The broker then presented a list of 10 companies.―[The broker] told him, ‗Here are the 10
companies. They are already registered, accredited in Customs. Just choose what you want to use,‘‖ Arranza
said.He then proposed to the committee that the accreditation of importers or companies be done by the
Department of Finance.It was FPI that earlier disclosed that the government had lost more than P1.33 trillion in
revenue in nine years, from 2002 to 2011, due to technical smuggling in the country‘s ports.

PM faces impeachment charge for continuing rice support scheme
Date : 29 มกราคม 2557

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BANGKOK, 29 January 2014 (NNT) - The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has resolved to
investigate Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra for negligence of duty in the controversial rice support scheme.
If found guilty by the NACC, Ms Yingluck will be subject to impeachment. NACC Member Wicha Mahakhun
said the commission would launch a probe against the premier in her capacity as chairperson of the rice support
program which allegedly caused significant losses to the government. The PM‘s charges might lead to criminal
punishment and/or impeachment, the official said.
The NACC‘s investigation against the premier came after 146 Democrat MPs requested the commission to
remove her from office for carrying out the rice subsidy program. The party had grounds to believe that the
program not only caused great losses, its government-to-government rice distribution was also a fraud. The
NACC will send a letter inform the premier of her charges within this week and will summon former
Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom to testify soon.

Thailand's rice subsidy scheme comes under scrutiny
Thailand's National Anti-Corruption Commission will conduct impeachment and criminal investigations against
caretaker prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, for her involvement in the country‘s rice subsidy scheme.
KHON KAEN, Thailand: Thailand's
National
Anti-Corruption
Commission
will
conduct
impeachment
and
criminal
investigations
against
caretaker
prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra,
for her involvement in the country‘s
rice subsidy scheme.Besides the
probes, Ms Yingluck and her interim
government are also facing pressure
from farmers who participated in the
programme but have not been paid
for their grains.It has been a long
wait for 84-year-old Onsa Sirichom,
a rice farmer in Thailand's droughtstricken province of Khon Kaen.In 2011, his family voted for Ms Yingluck because they hoped her populist
policies would make their lives better.But their hopes faded, as the government ran out of money to fund its
rice-pledging scheme and failed to pay what they had promised farmers nationwide.
Mr Onsa said: "We work and we want to get paid for it. Since we sold the rice grains to the government, we
have been wondering when we will ever get the money."I have not been paid yet and I do not know what to do
anymore. I will just keep working to pay off my debts."The rice-pledging scheme gained the ruling Pheu Thai

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Party an electoral landslide.It guaranteed farmers a fixed price of nearly US$500 per tonne of white rice -- that
is around 40 per cent higher than the global market rate.The subsidy programme, however, was followed by a
huge loss, projected to exceed tens of millions of dollars, with a vast amount of grain left unsold and rotting in
warehouses across the country.Amid criticism, the government is looking to borrow some US$4.3 billion to
fund the controversial scheme, although the move will further increase the already high public debt.
The delayed payment has also affected more than 1 million farmers, who can hardly make ends meet.Somsak
Kunngern, chairman of the Coordinating Committee of the Northeast Agricultural Council, said: "Farmers have
not been paid for over four months. They are severely troubled by that. Rice is their main source of income and
the delay affects their lives."Mr Onsa said: "Life has become difficult. But it will still be ok as long as I have
some rice to eat."The interim government is believed to owe farmers like Mr Onsa and his family around
US$4.3 billion.If the money is not paid by the end of January, northeastern farmers said they will join forces
with those in other regions to further pressure the administration.That is most likely to cause a drop in Ms
Yingluck's popularity.Mr Somsak said: "The government's popularity in the north and northeast, which are their
strongholds, will surely be affected. Farmers are already discussing about what to do with their votes if the
government can't solve this problem before the election on February 2."The network of farmers in the
northeastern provinces has threatened to file both criminal and civil court cases against the caretaker
government for failing to make payments on time.They have also vowed to join the ongoing anti-government
protests in the capital and to stage rallies in every province across Thailand until they get what they want.With
the volatile situation at present, one misstep from Ms Yingluck could mean a massive loss of supporters, and
that is probably the last thing she wants to see before the general election takes place on February 2.
In Snap: File photo: A Thai farmer works in rice fields in Pathum Thani province. (AFP)

Thai govt seeks $5 billion in loans to fund rice-buying scheme
Published on Jan 29, 2014
4:10 PM
BANGKOK (Reuters) - The Thai
government, struggling to fund a
controversial rice-buying scheme,
will seek bridging loans of 130
billion baht (S$5 billion) to pay
farmers who have been waiting
months for their money, a state farm
bank
official
said
on
Wednesday.Farmers
have
been
blocking roads in protest at the late
payment in some provinces and some
have threatened to join anti-

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government protests in Bangkok.
The government, acting through the state Bank of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC), is paying
farmers well above the market rate for their rice. This has priced Thai grain out of export markets and the
government has been unable to sell enough to replenish the buying fund."The Finance Ministry will guarantee
another 130 billon baht loan for the BAAC to borrow. We have sent invitations to domestic financial
institutions and a first auction is due to start on Jan. 30," Mr Wanchai Siriwatanatrakul, a director in charge of
government policies at BAAC, told Reuters.

Workers at the Udon Permsin rice mill piling up sacks full of rice to for storage in the north-east province of Udon Thani, Thailand January 21, 2014.
-- FILE PHOTO: REUTERS

Paddy harvest on 50,000 acres in Cuddalore district affected
Samba paddy crop in over 50,000 acres in Cuddalore
district has not been harvested yet owing to acute shortage
of labourers and non-availability of harvest machines.Crops
that are otherwise ready for harvest well before Pongal
festival are now withering in fields and if action is not taken
on a war-footing, it would inflict heavy losses, say farmers.
Paddy ought to be harvested within 15 days of maturity and
if left exposed to the elements in the farms hulling would
become difficult as the grains would fall off the stalks,
resulting in much lower yield.Vice-president of the Cauvery
Delta Farmers‘ Association K.V. Kannan told The
Hindu that it was impossible to find labourers to harvest ripe
paddy crop. Harvesting ought to be done within the next 10 days and it would require either 10,000 labourers or
700 harvest machines.
But, it was a tall order to mobilise such a massive workforce and harvest machines in such as short a period. Mr
Kannan pointed out that paddy crops on three lakh acres in the tail end delta region, including Chidambaram,
Kattumannarkoil and Bhuvanagiri, attained maturity at the same time because of direct sowing and
transplantation practices.n such a situation there was hardly any scope for spacing out the harvest. Mr Kannan
noted that in earlier days, village artisans, including carpenters and ironsmiths, would join farm hands in
harvesting paddy. Then they were paid in kind at the rate of seven ‗marakkal‘ (a measure) for every man and
five ‗marakkal‘ for every woman for a day‘s work.
Those days, paddy was precious for labourers who used to store grain at their house with utmost care. But, in
the past 10 years, when distribution of either subsidised or free rice through Public Distribution System had

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come into vogue, paddy seemed to have lost its value.President of Kollidam-Keelanai Paasanana Vivasayigal
Sangam P.Vinayagamoorthy, who vouched for such a disturbing trend, said that labourers were being attracted
to Tirupur, Chennai and other urban areas for taking up jobs other than agriculture or allied activities.
Therefore, labour shortage had begun to put tremendous pressure on farmers and forced them to find recourse to
harvest machines. But, on this score too, there was an unbridgeable demand-supply gap.Mr Vinayagamoorthy
said that there were two types of harvest machines - track-chain type that could function with ease even in wet
fields, and wheel type that could be comfortable only in dry farms. Agricultural Engineering Department in
Cuddalore could boast of having only two such machines (one in each category) but even these too were either
sent elsewhere or under disrepair.Mr Kannan noted that as against the requirement of 700 harvest machines,
only about 300 (both government and private-owned machines put together) were available in the district.
Therefore, Mr. Kannan and Mr. Vinayagamoorthy said that since paddy harvest did not brook any delay,
authorities should mobilise as many harvest machines as possible to help the farmers.
Keywords: Paddy harvest, Cauvery Delta Farmers, Cuddalore paddy, Kattumannarkoil, crop loss
In Snap: The Hindu Paddy crops withering in a ﬁeld at Kattumannarkoil.

Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open-Jan 29
Wed Jan 29, 2014 3:17pm IST
Nagpur, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Gram prices in Nagpur Agriculture Produce and Marketing Committee
(APMC) reported down in absence of buyers amid increased supply from producing regions. Downward
trend on NCDEX and easy condition in Madhya Pradesh gram prices also affected prices, according
to sources.
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FOODGRAINS & PULSES
GRAM
* Gram varieties ruled steady in open market on subdued demand from local traders amid
ample stock in ready position.
TUAR
* Tuar black recovered strongly in open market on renewed demand from local traders
amid weak supply from millers. Delay in overseas arrival also helped to push up
prices.
* Masoor varieties showed weak tendency in open market on lack of demand from local
traders amid release of stock from stockists looking toward good crop position in
this season.
* In Akola, Tuar - 4,100-4,200, Tuar dal - 6,200-6,400, Udid at 6,000-6,300,

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Udid Mogar (clean) - 7,000-6,200, Moong - 8,000-8,200, Moong Mogar
(clean) 9,400-9,600, Gram - 2,600-2,700, Gram Super best bold - 3,600-3,800
for 100 kg.
* Wheat, rice and other commodities remained steady in open market
in thin trading activity, according to sources.
Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg
FOODGRAINS
Available prices Previous close
Gram Auction
2,500-2,730
2,530-2,770
Gram Pink Auction
n.a.
2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction
n.a.
4,300-4,380
Moong Auction
n.a.
4,400-4,600
Udid Auction
n.a.
4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction
n.a.
2,600-2,800
Gram Super Best Bold
3,900-4,100
3,900-4,100
Gram Super Best
n.a.
Gram Medium Best
3,600-3,800
3,600-3,800
Gram Dal Medium
n.a.
n.a.
Gram Mill Quality
3,400-3,500
3,400-3,500
Desi gram Raw
3,100-3,200
3,100-3,200
Gram Filter Yellow
n.a.
n.a.
Gram Kabuli
7,900-10,300
7,900-10,300
Gram Pink
7,700-8,100
7,700-8,100
Tuar Fataka Best
6,800-7,000
6,800-7,000
Tuar Fataka Medium
6,200-6,400
6,200-6,400
Tuar Dal Best Phod
5,800-6,000
5,800-6,000
Tuar Dal Medium phod
5,400-5,600
5,400-5,600
Tuar Gavarani
4,400-4,500
4,400-4,500
Tuar Karnataka
4,500-4,600
4,500-4,600
Tuar Black
7,400-7,500
7,300-7,400
Masoor dal best
5,300-5,400
5,400-5,500
Masoor dal medium
5,000-5,200
5,100-5,300
Masoor
n.a.
n.a.
Moong Mogar bold
9,500-9,900
9,500-9,900
Moong Mogar Medium best
8,800-9,200
8,800-9,200
Moong dal super best
8,600-8,800
8,600-8,800
Moong dal Chilka
8,100-8,500
8,100-8,500
Moong Mill quality
n.a.
n.a.
Moong Chamki best
7,400-7,800
7,400-7,800
Udid Mogar Super best (100 INR/KG) 7,500-7,800
7,100-7,400

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Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,800-6,600
5,400-6,200
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG)
4,700-4,900
4,600-4,800
Batri dal (100 INR/KG)
3,850-4,650
3,800-4,600
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg)
3,000-3,100
3,000-3,100
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG)
3,250-3,350
3,250-3,350
Watana White (100 INR/KG)
3,200-3,300
3,100-3,200
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 4,200-4,500
4,200-4,500
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG)
1,750-1,850
1,750-1,850
Wheat Mill quality(100 INR/KG) 1,850-1,875
1,850-1,875
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG)
1,700-1,900
1,700-1,900
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,050-2,550
2,050-2,550
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,100
2,000 -2,100
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a.
n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,100-3,600
3,100-3,600
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,500-2,900
2,500-2,900
Wheat 147 (100 INR/KG)
1,600-1,700
1,600-1,750
Wheat Best (100 INR/KG)
1,650-1,750
1,650-1,750
Rice BPT (100 INR/KG)
3,000-3,300
3,000-3,300
Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG)
1,800-1,850
1,800-1,850
Rice Swarna Best (100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,700
2,600-2,700
Rice Swarna Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,450
2,300-2,450
Rice HMT (100 INR/KG)
4,100-4,400
4,100-4,400
Rice HMT Shriram (100 INR/KG) 4,500-5,000
4,800-5,000
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 11,000-13,500
11,000-13,500
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 6,300-7,600
6,300-7,600
Rice Chinnor (100 INR/KG)
5,500-5,800
5,500-5,800
Rice Chinnor Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,100-5,300
5,100-5,300
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG)
1,400-1,600
1,400-1,600
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG)
1,700-1,800
1,700-1,800
WEATHER (NAGPUR)
Maximum temp. 28.4 degree Celsius (83.1 degree Fahrenheit), minimum temp.
9.5 degree Celsius (49.1 degree Fahrenheit)
Humidity: Highest - n.a., lowest - n.a.
Rainfall : nil
FORECAST: Mainly clear sky. Maximum and Minimum temperature likely to be around 28 and 10 degree
Celsius respectively.
Note: n.a.--not available
(For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, but included in market prices.)

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TABLE-India Grain Prices-Delhi-Jan 29
Tue Jan 29, 2013 2:17pm IST
Rates by Asian News International, New Delhi
Tel: 011 2619 1464
Indicative
Previous
Grains
opening
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(in rupees per 100 kg unless stated)
---------------------------------------------------------Wheat Desi
1,950-2,600
1,950-2,600.
Wheat Dara
1,550-1,700
1,540-1,675.
Atta Chakki (per 10 Kg)
210-215
210-215.
Roller Mill (per bag)
1,550-1,650
1,540-1,620.
Maida (per bag)
1,725-1,825
1,725-1,825.
Sooji (per bag)
1,860-1,960
1,840-1,940.
Rice Basmati(Sri Lal Mahal)
9,500
9,500.
Rice Basmati(Lal Quila)
9,200
9,200.
Rice Basmati(Common)
6,450-6,650
6,450-6,650.
Rice Permal
2,100-2,200
2,100-2,200.
Rice Sela
2,550-2,650
2,600-2,675.
I.R.-8
1,550-1,650
1,550-1,650.
Gram
4,170-5,010
4,220-5,050
Peas Green
2,750-2,850
2,750-2,850.
Peas White
2,500-2,575
2,500-2,575.
Bajra
1,450-1,650
1,450-1,650.
Jowar white
1,500-2,100
1,500-2,100.
Maize
1,450-1,650
1,450-1,650.
Barley
1,350-1,450
1,350-1,450.
Guwar
2,700-3,200
2,700-3,200.
Source: Delhi grain market traders.

NACC decides on 'speedy' PM rice probe
Published: 29 Jan 2014 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

The nine-member National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) resolved yesterday to carry out impeachment
and criminal investigations against the caretaker prime minister for failing to stop the loss-ridden rice-pledging
scheme introduced by her government.

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Vicha: Denies bias in conducting inquiries
According to anti-graft commissioner and NACC spokesman Vicha Mahakhun, the
NACC will appoint itself as the probe committee. The resolution is in response to a
complaint from Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva that Prime Minister Yingluck
Shinawatra in her capacity as the chairwoman of the National Rice Policy
Committee failed to stop the losses of the rice-pledging policy, failed to release rice
placed with the government and led fake government-to-government rice sales.Mr
Vicha said the NACC would finish the investigation quickly as required by the
constitution and it would inform Ms Yingluck of the resolution this week and ask if
she plans to oppose it.The NACC usually assigns sub-committees to probe graft
cases but the anti-corruption law allows it to handle important cases by itself right
away.Pheu Thai spokesman Prompong Nopparit yesterday urged the NACC to be
impartial in politics, saying the NACC in its rush to proceed with the case will send
a signal to anti-government protesters to continue their demonstrations.
"Several alleged corruption cases involving the Democrats have not made any progress. The Pheu Thai Party is
requesting the NACC be impartial and treat every case the same," said Mr Prompong, referring to the GT200
explosives detectors scam, alleged corruption in the construction of Ratchaburi Hospital and procurement under
the Thai Khem Kaeng scheme as well as the construction of 396 police stations.Mr Vicha denied the NACC is
discriminating in its swift action against Ms Yingluck in comparison to its probe into the alleged corrupt rice
case under the previous government of Mr Abhisit.He said the Yingluck government itself failed to supply the
documents the NACC requested.

Yingluck to fight rice scheme probe
Published: 29 Jan 2014 at 19.09
Online news: Politics

Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said
on Wednesday she was ready to defend her role in
the rice-pledging scheme.A farmer in Phitsanulok
province announces his decision to sell his tractor in
a rally in Muang district on Tuesday as he could not
wait for payments in the rice-pledging scheme from
the caretaker government. (Photo by Chinawat
Singha).Ms Yingluck said she will fight the case
before the National Anti-Corruption Commission
(NACC) and hoped for fairness from the anti-graft

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agency.
The NACC decided on Tuesday to probe the caretaker prime minister over failing to break up the scheme
despite warnings of a huge loss of money. Ms Yingluck chairs the National Rice Policy Committee which
oversees the scheme.She could face criminal charges and impeachment if the NACC finds she is culpable.The
NACC will formally advise the caretaker prime minister of its next move next week to give her a chance to
defend herself.
It earlier found 15 people, including former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom, culpable of alleged
corruption concerning fake sales of rice to China under the government-to-government scheme.The caretaker
government is facing pressure from farmers who demand immediate payments on their harvests pledged under
the rice scheme.Payments have been delayed for months due to a shortage of money.The government is seeking
loans of up to 130 billion baht from several financial sources to pay the arrears amid concern that the farmers'
anger could dampen the popularity of the Pheu Thai Party.Ms Yingluck called for all sides to show sympathy to
the plight of farmers as they are in need of money.''Please convey my message to them (farmers) that
everybody, including the caretaker government, is not sitting idly by,'' she said of a plan to solicit money to end
the overdue payments for farmers.The rice-pledging scheme was a flagship policy of Pheu Thai in the last
election.NACC spokesman Vicha Mahakhun said on Tuesday that the probe would be quickly carried out.

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