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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Business
Megha Bahree

INSANE: Reliance emerges as a winner after india s wheat ban | Rare Historical Photos

Last week Reliance Retail was the highest bidder to buy wheat stocks from the Indian state of Haryana, an early indication of its potential sway in the sector [File: Amit Dave/Reuters]

New Delhi, India – On the evening of May 13, India announced a sudden ban on exports of wheat, catching nearly all buyers and sellers of the grain unprepared.

One notable exception was billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries, which has since entered the business of trading grain and quickly became the country’s second-largest wheat exporter in the period after the ban.

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