India, April 29 -- The Commerce Ministry's arm DGFT, has notified the Government's decision to permit 25 lakh tonnes of wheat exports.

On April 20, the Centre permitted exports of an additional 25 lakh tonne of wheat, considering a comfortable stock position amid the likelihood of another strong harvest.

With this, a total of 50 lakh tonne of wheat and 10 lakh tonne of wheat products have now been permitted for exports.

"The export policy of wheat...continues to remain prohibited. However, export of an additional 25 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT) of wheat is permitted," the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has said in a notification.

It said that the detailed modalities for this will be notified through a separate order. "Further...