India seeks deal with Brazil for pulses imports
By Sandip Das After signing memorandum of understandings (MoUs) with Mozambique, Malawi and Myanmar for importing pulses, India has approached Brazil
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Month: November 2023
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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India’s Wheat Dilemma: Acreage Declines, Prices Soar, and Edible Oil Imports Hit Record Highs
Amid a 5.5% decline in wheat acreage due to a delayed rice harvest, India grapples with soaring wheat prices, prompting hopes for
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West Bengal: Ration Dealers’ Federation requests food & supplies dept to replace inferior quality rice
At a time when the Enforcement Directorate is investigating alleged Public Distribution System scam in West Bengal, All India Fair
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Kotkapura (Punjab): Rice mill booked for cheating
By Ruchika M Khanna & Balwant Garg In the first major action against those buying cheap paddy from outside Punjab
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Telengana:₹5 cr seized during I-T searches at rice mills
Income Tax department officials on Thursday seized 5 crore during searches at rice mills in Miryalaguda, Haliya and Nalgonda. The
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Karnataka: 25 quintals of PDS rice & ragi seized, 3 held
Around 25 quintals of rice and ragi, which were supposed to reach beneficiaries through the public distribution system (PDS), were
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Govt sells 2.84 lakh tonnes of wheat, 5,830 tonnes of rice from buffer stock to check retail prices
The government on Thursday said it has sold 2.84 lakh tonnes of wheat and 5,830 tonnes of rice from its
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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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India signs deals to export 500,000 tons of new season basmati rice
By Reuters India has signed contracts to export about 500,000 metric tons of new season basmati rice to cash in
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