India’s pulse self-reliance dream fades amid rising imports and low yields
By Dhirendra Kumar Despite record sowing of pulses during the kharif season, India’s goal of becoming self-reliant in pulses by
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Punjab rice millers meet union food minister with demands
A delegation of the Punjab Rice Industry Association led by its president Bharat Bhushan Binta met with union food minister
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After record heatwaves, Bihar’s paddy farmers in distress due to poor monsoon rainfall third year in a row
By Mohd Imran Khan Hundreds of thousands of farmers in Bihar have been struggling with poor monsoon for the third
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Paddy, pulses and millet sowing area swells to 108.7 million hectares on better monsoon rainfall
By Dhirendra Kumar With better distribution of monsoon rainfall over the past fortnight, the sowing of paddy has exceeded the
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APEDA, IRRI unveil high-quality non-basmati rice varieties and value-added products in Delhi workshop
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in collaboration with
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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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Haryana rice millers’ body seeks clearance of dues to tune of ₹500 cr
The North Haryana Rice Millers’ Association has urged the state government to clear their dues amounting to about ₹500 crore for
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