The Food Ministry had proposed raising import duty to cut imports and protect the domestic market.

Falling international wheat prices have prompted the government on Monday to increase the basic customs duty on the grain to 25 per cent till the end of this financial year.
“In view of the continued fall in international prices of wheat and the anticipated adverse impact of increased imports during the first half of this financial year, basic customs duty on wheat has been increased from 10 to 25 per cent for a period up to 31.03.2016,” the government said in a notification.
The new rates are effective from October 19.
International wheat prices have fallen considerably over the past year. The price of wheat in the U.S. was $216 a tonne on October 16, which was -25.7 per cent of what it was a year previously.
Presumably, it is to protect Indian farmers against these cheaper imports that the government has raised the customs duty on the crop.
Source : The Hindu