Govt mulls easing rice export curbs
By Sandip Das Given the surplus rice stocks and robust kharif crops, the government is likely to announce measures to
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Telangana:High demand in open mkt may dampen govt’s fine rice plans
The Congress govt is facing a challenging task of procuring over 24 lakh metric tonnes of fine variety rice to
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Paddy procurement in Tamil Nadu for PDS dips by 9.2L MT
Paddy procurement in Tamil Nadu for the Public Distribution System (PDS) declined sharply by 9.26 lakh metric tonnes in 2023-24
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Why rice-wheat need to be de-hyphenated
By Harish Damodaran Most economics commentators and policymakers tend to club wheat and rice, treating them as part of a
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Ethanol distilleries can buy 23 lakh MT rice from FCI: Govt
By Harikishan Sharma Allowing the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to sell rice to distilleries for ethanol production, the Centre
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Punjab: Centre again rejects fortified rice supplied by millers based in state
By Ruchika Khanna The Centre has again rejected 600 stacks of fortified rice supplied by the millers of Punjab in
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Carbon registry Verra rejects China rice projects
By Reuters By David StanwayVerra, the U.S.-based registry that sets standards for the voluntary carbon market, has rejected as many
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Exclusive-Egypt’s Sisi ordered huge wheat purchase fearing new supply crisis, sources say
Reuters Egypt’s biggest ever wheat tender, nearly 20 times its usual size, stemmed from food security concerns sparked by an
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As sweltering summers ravage crops, Japan bets on heat-resistant rice
By Reuters Grappling with a rice shortage after extreme weather ravaged last year’s crop, Japan is hoping new heat-resistant varieties
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Govt may relax export ban on non-basmati white rice amid surplus, says Pralhad Joshi
By Dhirendra Kumar, Subhash Narayan The Indian government is looking at relaxing its year-old export ban on non-basmati white rice amid
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