Tamil Nadu: L-G has given nod to distribute free rice through PDS shops in Puducherry: Rangasamy
At a time when the demand for free rice is at its peak, Chief Minister N Rangasamy on Monday said
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Month: July 2024
Rice and sugarcane are water-guzzling crops; time has come to promote crop-neutral incentive structures: Economic Survey
The Indian agriculture sector is a success story. The country has come a long way from being a food deficit
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The rice price scare is over — Let’s learn the lessons
By Javier Blas, Bloomberg Wheat and corn are the most actively traded grains in financial markets. But they can’t damage
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Punjab, Haryana growers upbeat over boom in basmati rice exports
By Neeraj Mohan A significant surge in basmati rice exports has growers optimistic ahead of the harvesting season in Punjab
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In yet another curse for locals, Pakistan taxes wheat flour heavily
By ANI The lower-income section of the country, which was already suffering from increasing prices of almost every commodity in
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Wheat rises as supply concerns trigger short covering
By Reuters Chicago wheat futures rose on Monday, as concerns over production in the United States and France triggered short-covering,
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India cites rice export ban, red sea crisis, and maize price drop for 3.24% YoY decline in Agri exports
By Abhimanyu Sharma A 3.24% year-on-year drop in the value of agricultural exports has been observed from April to June
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Skewed subsidies make paddy most profitable
By Zia Haq Massive subsidies for growers of paddy (rice), a water-guzzling cereal that has ecologically ruined Punjab and Haryana,
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Ludhiana (Punjab):Non-basmati rice sown on 96% area as paddy cultivation in full swing
By Nitin Jain A whopping 96 per cent of the total area being put under paddy in Ludhiana district has
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Kharif sowing up 3.5% on year; area under pulses grows 22%
By Sandip das Thanks to normal monsoon rains in most parts of the country since the last week of June,
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