Expats get India relief on wheat.

New Delhi: The government today extended time for export of wheat products like rava, maida and flour, which are much in demand among expatriate Indians, for one more year till March 31, 2011.

"The export (of wheat products) is permitted subject to a limit of 6,50,000 tonnes...to March 31, 2011," the Directorate General of Foreign Trade said in a notification. Earlier the time to export was till March 31.

Last year, the country shipped only 23,000 tonne wheat products out of 6.5 lakh tonne, sources said. While export of wheat products is allowed, the outward shipments of wheat grain has been prohibited since early 2007.

Source : Financial Express