# Granaries overflowing, Food dept’s SOS to MEA: Send wheat, rice as aid to deserving countries | India News - The Indian Express

> The Indian Food Department has asked the External Affairs Ministry to explore sending surplus wheat and rice from FCI granaries abroad as humanitarian aid to deserving countries. Stocks in the central pool far exceed norms, and earlier requests on the same idea reportedly got no response.

- Date: 2019-10-15 · published 2019-10-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56513-granaries-overflowing-food-dept-s-sos-to-mea-send-wheat-rice-as-aid-to
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Large government stock liquidation via G2G aid could add supply to world wheat and rice markets, a bearish influence on export prices if it proceeds.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bearish ▼
- WHEAT: bearish ▼

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## Sources

- indianexpress.com: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/granaries-overflowing-food-depts-sos-to-mea-send-wheat-rice-as-aid-to-deserving-countries-6069238/

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