Centre imposes stock limits on pulses as prices rise
By Zia Haq The Centre on Friday imposed caps on the quantities of two varieties of pulses – tur (pigeon
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Govt may sell wheat to cool prices, Shah reviews food stocks
By Zia Haq An interministerial committee headed by home minister Amit Shah reviewed the position of wheat inventories in state-owned
Read MoreGovt allows 2,000 tonnes non-basmati white rice exports to Malawi, Zimbabwe
By PTI The government has permitted exports of 2,000 tonnes of non-basmati white rice to two African nations – Malawi
Read MoreHigh shipping costs impact Vietnam’s rice rates; Indian variant steady
By Reuters Rice export prices from Vietnam this week dipped slightly on rising shipping costs, while prices of rice exported
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Hyderabad: 5 held for illegal sale of PDS rice, wheat
Acting on credible information, the sleuths of the commissioner’s task force arrested five persons for illegally accumulating rice from the
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India has ample wheat stocks, no plans to alter import duty, says government
By PTI India has sufficient wheat stocks to meet domestic requirements and undertake market interventions, if required, to keep prices
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‘Punjab aims 1 mn hectares under basmati crop in paddy sowing season’
Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khuddian on Wednesday said the state government aims to bring 10 lakh hectares under the
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Chhattisgarh: Parastarai farmers switch to pulses, oilseeds to tackle water crisis
Villagers of Parastarai village, located 15 km away from the Dhamtari district, have taken a significant step to tackle the
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Space crunch : Rice millers stare at losses
As Food Corporation of India (FCI) is battling for storage space, rice millers in Punjab are fearing huge losses, especially
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Millers move pleas in Telangana HC to quash FIR in Rs 10,000-cr ‘rice scam’
Many rice millers from across the state have moved separate petition in Telangana HC seeking quashing of FIRs against them
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