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India plans to roll out AI-powered automated grain analyzers from next year to test moisture, impurities and broken grains in wheat, rice and other cereals. The move follows a pilot in 2021-22 and aims to cut wastage, reduce mandi disputes and improve stock quality.
Government wheat procurement in 2025-26 reached 30 million tonnes.
Better grain quality testing could make Indian procurement and stock management more efficient, but it has little immediate effect on prices.
livemint.comVijay C Roy, Dhirendra KumarDec 22, 2025After 468 past policy events, Rough Rice moved a median +0.3% over 5 sessions (53% higher; middle half -2.0% to +2.0%), and +0.1% over 20.
After 1,019 past policy events, Wheat (SRW) moved a median -0.1% over 5 sessions (49% higher; middle half -1.7% to +1.5%), and +0.2% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
