date:Dec 27, 2013
which is being boycotted by the main opposition, have gripped the country and crippled economic activity. It also forced the postponement of the tea auction on Dec. 3.
The imports are part of a plan by the state Directorate General of Food to ship in 850,000 tonnes of wheat in the year to June 2014, up from about 350,000 tonnes in the previous year, amid dwindling government reserves.
Rice and wheat stocks at government warehouses fell below 1 million tonnes this month from 1.4 million tonnes