Rice-eating West Africa longs for the Indian grain
If you chance upon a random person in a conference or in a hotel in Abidjan, the capital of Cote
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Punjab set to procure 182 lakh metric ton paddy
Aiming to procure 182.10 lakh metric ton paddy, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday formally kick-started its state-wide procurement
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Amid tardy paddy lifting, glut-like situation in mandis of Haryana
Though farmers are arriving in huge numbers with truckloads of paddy, authorities are not able to match pace in terms
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Rice ban export is regulation rather than restriction for food security: India to WTO’s agri committee meet
India has said that the export ban on rice is a regulation rather than a restriction and is crucial for
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Malaysia announces subsidy for imported rice in 2 states
By Reuters Malaysia’s agricultural and food security ministry on Monday said it would provide a subsidy of 950 ringgit ($201.78)
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Paddy procurement begins (Punjab): On day 1, govt buys 4,000 tonnes, private players lift 8,000 tonnes
By Anju Agnihotri Chaba On the first day of procurement, the government purchased 4,000 tonnes of the 42,000 tonnes of paddy (non-Basmati)
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WTO: US Calls India’s Rice Export Ban ‘Unnecessary’, India Says Food Security Priority
The US on Wednesday called India’s export ban on non-basmati rice an “unnecessary trade barrier” while asking for its immediate withdrawal at
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Paddy procurement nears, FCI battles space crunch
By Ruchika M Khanna As the government targets to procure 182 lakh metric tonnes of paddy, beginning Sunday, the Food
Read MorePunjab: Basmati prices surge after Centre relaxes export curbs
By Gurpreet Singh Nibber The purchase of the premium aromatic variety basmati in Punjab picked up after Monday’s decision by
Read MoreSingapore may get more rice from India
By Puja Das India may allow exports of another 50,000 tonnes of non-basmati white rice to Singapore under humanitarian operations,
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