A wheat flour millers' body on Thursday demanded that the Government should scrap the 40 per cent import duty on wheat to boost domestic supplies and control prices.
Members of the Roller Flour Millers' Federation of India met Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey on Wednesday to discuss the issue of price rise and shortage of wheat in the market, it said in a statement.
The federation's President Anjani Agarwal said the price of wheat has increased by Rs 300-350 per quintal in the last 15 days.
The industry body has raised concerns regarding unavailability of wheat and the drastic rise in price in the last 20 days even though the harvest season ended just a month back and the new crop would arrive only after eight months from now.
It has demanded the release of wheat under the Open Market Sales Scheme (OMSS) through a tender process for actual user industries.
Besides, the industry body has sought reduction of import duty on wheat from 40 per cent to 0 per cent