# FCI raises maximum per-bidder quantity in wheat auctions to check prices

> The Food Corporation of India raised the maximum wheat quantity that high-tension electricity connection buyers, such as flour millers, can bid for in its auctions, from 300 to 500 tonnes. The change comes ahead of a sixth round offering 218,500 tonnes, as recent auction prices have run above reserve levels amid inflation in wheat prices.

- Date: 2026-11-14 · published 2026-11-15T06:18:28.468Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/100831-fci-raises-maximum-per-bidder-quantity-in-wheat-auctions-to-check-prices
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Allowing larger bids lets big millers buy more state wheat, which adds supply to the domestic market and is intended to cool prices. This is bearish for Indian wheat prices, though the effect depends on how much of the offered volume is taken up.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2019-05-13 | [FCI Has Too Much Wheat: Either It Must Revise Prices, Or Auction Stocks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59032-fci-has-too-much-wheat-either-it-must-revise-prices-or-auction-stocks.md) | -0.4% | +4.7% |
| WHEAT | 2017-08-12 | [No plans to raise wheat import duty from current 10 per cent: Paswan \| No plans to raise wheat import duty from current 10 per cent: Paswan](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69412-no-plans-to-raise-wheat-import-duty-from-current-10-per-cent-paswan-no-plans-to.md) | +0.4% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2024-02-12 | [What are reference prices and why are they in the farm bill?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31656-what-are-reference-prices-and-why-are-they-in-the-farm-bill.md) | -4.8% | -1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2023-01-26 | [India to release 3 mil mt wheat from government stocks to rein in prices \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37760-india-to-release-3-mil-mt-wheat-from-government-stocks-to-rein-in-prices-s-and.md) | +3.7% | +2.0% |
| WHEAT | 2017-11-10 | [India's wheat import tariff weighs on prices for Black](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67961-india-s-wheat-import-tariff-weighs-on-prices-for-black.md) | +0.9% | +1.0% |

## Sources

- informistmedia.com: https://www.informistmedia.com/CommodityWire/64812/price-control-FCI-raises-maximum-per-bidder-quantity-in-wheat-auctions-to-check-prices

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