Egypt resumes its wheat tender after August’s failed buying
Egypt’s State Grain Buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities(GASC), announced on Sunday that it is seeking an unspecified quantity
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Procurement
Paddy procurement crisis due to lack of planning
By Balwinder Singh Sidhu PADDY is a primary foodgrain crop of India and the country is the second largest producer
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Another jolt to farmers, paddy yield falls 3 quintals per hectare
By Ruchika Khanna Already struggling to get their paddy procured, thousands of farmers who cultivated PR 126 and hybrid varieties
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Centre to launch online portal for grievance redressal of rice millers
Food and Public Distribution Pralhad Joshi said that 185 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT) of Paddy fixed for Kharif Marketing Season
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As millers complain, expert panel set up to study poor yield of key paddy variety
By Jitendra Choubey The Centre has constituted a committee of experts from the IIT-Kharagpur to review the paddy variety PR-126
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Centre rules out state-specific relaxation in paddy procurement norms
By Sanjeeb Mukherjee The government on Sunday virtually ruled out giving any specific relaxation in paddy procurement norms to any
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Move your paddy share: Punjab CM Mann calls up Shah
By Vibhor Mohan A day before the rice millers’ meeting with the Centre, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday
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Excess moisture in paddy hits procurement in Sangrur district
By Sushil Goyal With paddy arrival gaining pace and lifting of procured crop remaining slow, the situation has started worsening
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Paddy procurement in Punjab and Haryana down 39 per cent
By Sandip Das The storage crunch in Punjab and Haryana because of surplus rice stocks in the central pool from
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Millers, farmers concerned over ‘spurious’ PR 126 rice, want its authenticity verified
By Mohit Khanna A controversial hybrid variety of PR 126 short-duration rice is currently under scrutiny, creating a stir in
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