Prohibition of export from uncontrolled foreign trade of sugar
- Commodity Current: Jayavadan Gandhi Trading in futures and futures is almost sluggish as most of the state's agricultural markets will be closed for a week due to the March ending. Last week's sell-off in agricultural markets put a brake on the sell-off. However, the peasantry is happy to see farmers getting double the price of their produce this year. Central as well as state governments are keen to forgive farmers' debts as well as provide other financial assistance. Markets for most agricultural products are also higher than support prices. This year, the government has been pushing hard to increase wheat exports, especially due to Russia and Ukraine. Following the incentive policies of the government, the production of foodgrains in the country in the year 2021-2 has also reached a record break of about 206 million tonnes. The country has become almost self-sufficient in all food items except edible oil. In the last seven years, support prices have risen by 3 per ce...