West Bengal government seeks FCI help over poor paddy collection
Mamata Banerjee’s government has written to the Union government’s Food Corporation of India (FCI), requesting to supply over 1.9 lakh
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Procurement
Centre imposes limit on wheat stockholding.
By ANI The central government has imposed stock limits on wheat for traders, wholesalers, retailers, big chain retailers and processors
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Despite floods, Punjab’s paddy basket weighs 210 lmt, biggest in five years
By Ruchika M Khanna Notwithstanding the two floods that played havoc in Punjab when the paddy had been transplanted in
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Govt’s paddy procurement crosses 30 MT in two months
By Sandip Das Two months into paddy procurement for the kharif season 2023-24, the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and
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At 20,993 MT, Himachal’s paddy procurement reaches record-high
The farmers in Himachal are reaping benefits as the paddy procurement in the state has surpassed last year’s purchase to
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Paddy procurement (Punjab): Pungrain tops charts, FCI likely to miss purchase target again
With paddy harvesting and procurement in Punjab in its last leg, the state agency Pungrain has procured nearly 40% (70.5
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Why Punjab sees scam in ‘unprecedented’ arrival of 4.7-lakh tonne paddy in its mandis on Diwali day
Kanchan Vasdev Suspecting foul play in paddy procurement on Diwali day, Punjab Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Secretary Gurkirat
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Arhtiyas condemn probe into paddy purchase, mkt closure
Even as the food and supplies department has written to the vigilance bureau to probe the high quantity of paddy
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4.3 LMT paddy arrives in Punjab on Diwali, VB to probe
The Vigilance Bureau today launched an inquiry into an alleged paddy scam where nearly 4.7 lakh metric tonne (LMT) of
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At 40 MT, FCI rice stocks five times buffer
By Sandip Das Just over a month and half into paddy procurement for 2023-24 season (October-September) by agencies, the rice
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