# PMO Gives Go-ahead to Anti-Farmer Agriculture Export Policy | NewsClick

> The Indian Prime Minister's Office has cleared a new agriculture policy aimed at liberalising farm trade, now under inter-ministerial consultation and likely to go before the Union Cabinet. Critics say it is being rushed while farmer incomes, debt and suicides remain unresolved.

- Date: 2018-10-05 · published 2018-10-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62494-pmo-gives-go-ahead-to-anti-farmer-agriculture-export-policy-newsclick
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

A more liberal Indian export regime could eventually loosen export controls on grains and feed commodities, shifting global supply and trade flows. The impact on prices is uncertain until the policy's details and timing are clear.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2018-12-06 | [CCEA approves agriculture export policy: No curbs on shipment of processed, organic items \| Business News - The Indian Express](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61536-ccea-approves-agriculture-export-policy-no-curbs-on-shipment-of-processed.md) | -3.9% | -6.8% |
| RICE | 2019-10-17 | [Government Appoint Counsellors in 10 Countries to aid Agriculture Export](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56515-government-appoint-counsellors-in-10-countries-to-aid-agriculture-export.md) | -2.6% | -2.4% |
| RICE | 2024-12-29 | [Revised RTL: Christmas gift to boost farmers’ livelihoods \|
    Official Portal of the Department of Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10457-revised-rtl-christmas-gift-to-boost-farmers-livelihoods-official-portal-of-the.md) | +0.7% | +3.2% |
| RICE | 2020-08-11 | [DGFT amends export policy for Basamati and Non](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51559-dgft-amends-export-policy-for-basamati-and-non.md) | +2.3% | +7.2% |
| RICE | 2026-07-28 | [US, Japan urge India to address export restrictions in farm sector \| Economy & Policy News - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18288-us-japan-urge-india-to-address-export-restrictions-in-farm-sector-economy-and.md) | +3.9% | +6.6% |

## Sources

- newsclick.in: https://www.newsclick.in/pmo-gives-go-ahead-anti-farmer-agriculture-export-policy

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