States Lacked Capacity to Test Fortified Rice, But Had to Give it to the Poor
By Anumeha Yadav To reduce anaemia and malnutrition, the Union government began experimenting with supplying rice grains artificially enhanced with
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COMMODITIES
Despite flooding in Punjab, paddy purchase exceeds target
By Ruchika M Khanna Paddy procurement from Punjab has crossed the target of 180 lakh metric tonne, thanks to short
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Iraq’s signature anbar rice is disappearing amid water shortages
By Sara Hassan Salah Fareeq Al-Feroun and his family have been farmers in southern Iraq for generations. In the living
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Karnal (Haryana): Week after paddy procurement, millers await fortified kernels
By Parveen Arora Around a week after the completion of the procurement of paddy by the government and allotment of
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Global buyers scout for Indian brown rice as Vietnam begins importing.
Buyers of Indian non-basmati rice are now scouring for brown rice, particularly the Swarna variety, with rice supplies tightening up
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Philippines seeks more rice imports.
Needing a greater supply of rice amid stubbornly high prices, the Philippines, which relies on imports to meet demand, has
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Govt offloads 4 MT of wheat in open market from its surplus stock
By Sandip Das The government has so far offloaded 3.9 million tonne (MT) of wheat under the open market sale
Read MoreIndian G2G deal rice importers seek waiver of export duty.
Some of the countries that have been allowed to receive Indian white rice on government-to-government (G2G) deals are seeking waiver
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Paddy arrivals in Punjab near last year’s figure
Paddy arrivals in the grain markets in in Punjab’s countryside are nearing the last season’s figures and wheat sowing is
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Have sufficient stocks of pulses to cool down prices, says Centre
By Sanjeeb Mukherjee The Centre is confident that it has enough pulses stocks in its warehouse to effectively intervene in
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