WFP taps India for 200,00 tonnes of rice as global hunger worsens
By Puja Das, Ravi Dutt Mishra The World Food Programme has sought 200,000 tonnes of rice for its humanitarian operations
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COMMODITIES
Raw deal for Odisha in supply of pulses
Bijoy Pradhan Even as retail markets are witnessing a surge in prices of five major pulses and the Central government
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620 held for smuggling ration rice, essentials
Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies CID arrested 620 people in the past one year for smuggling rice and other essential items
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11 food processing units costing Rs 1719 cr launched in AP
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has officially launched 11 food processing units, which were established with
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Paddy sowing up 5per cent so far; coverage still lags in Odisha, AP & Assam
By PTI Area sown to paddy increased by 5 per cent to 328.22 lakh hectares in the ongoing kharif season
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Maharashtra: 33 rice mills in Gondia blacklisted for supplying poor quality rice
By PTI As many as 33 rice mills in Maharashtra’s Gondia district have been blacklisted for next three years as
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Indian parboiled rice prices surge as global buyers look to shift from white rice
Prices of Indian parboiled (boiled) rice have increased by over $50 a tonne over the last couple of weeks on
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AP to distribute fortified rice in all districts from Sept
Minister for civil supplies Nageswara Rao has criticised Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu, saying he acted like a goon
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Centre mulls 40 per cent cut in wheat import duty
By R. Suryamurthy he government is considering reducing or scrapping the import duty of 40 per cent on wheat after
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Govt to sell additional 50 lakh tons wheat, 25 lakh tons rice in open market
By PTIThe government on Wednesday announced that it will sell additional 50 lakh tonnes of wheat and 25 lakh tonnes
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