• 11 food processing units costing Rs 1719 cr launched in AP

  • Paddy sowing up 5per cent so far; coverage still lags in Odisha, AP & Assam

  • Maharashtra: 33 rice mills in Gondia blacklisted for supplying poor quality rice

  • Need for safety standards in Basmati rice emphasised

  • Century-low monsoon hits kharif sowing, pulses register sharp fall

  • Deficient rains pose threat to paddy, cotton crops in Hisar

  • Kerala’s paddy farmers grapple with historic drought

  • Basmati’s early variety commands higher prices in Amritsar mandi, faces uncertainty in other markets

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