Sikkim’s indigenous rice festival to celebrate 50th statehood with showcase of culture, tourism
By Sujal Pradhan The ongoing two-day ‘DzoMaal’25’ Indigenous Rice Showing Festival in Pentong, Dzongu, North Sikkim, is drawing attention to
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COMMODITIES
European wheat output to bounce back
By Sean Pratt Wheat production is expected to rebound in 2025-26 in the world’s second largest exporting region. The U.S.
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Wheat procurement crosses 29 MT, highest in four years
By Sandip Das The government’s wheat procurement by agencies—Food Corporation of India (FCI) and various state procurement bodies—for the 2025–26 rabi marketing season
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Telangana: Crackdown on Fine Rice Smuggling to Maha
By Pillalamarri Srinivas Revenue enforcement teams, civil supplies officials and local police have stepped up vigilance against the illegal transportation
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Biometric screening must for MSP purchases of pulses, oil seeds from next kharif season
By Sandip Das The agriculture ministry has made biometric face authentication and use of point of sale (PoS) machines mandatory
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Explained: Why farmers prefer growing rice and wheat
By Harish Damodaran Farmers, like all businessmen, are rational and risk-averse. Everything else being the same, they will choose to
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No impact of India-Pak tensions on Basmati trade, says rice exporters body
All India Rice Exporters Association (AIREA) president Satish Goel on Friday ruled out any impact on Basmati trade, stressing that
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Despite record production, government wheat procurement in Punjab falls short of 2024 figures
by Anju Agnihotri Chaba Although Punjab has witnessed a bumper wheat crop this year, with the highest-ever productivity per hectare, the
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Crops To Clean Energy: Gadkari Says BioFuel Can Boost Farm Income, Curb Pollution, Cut Fossil Fuel Imports
“Agriculture must be diversified towards the energy and power sector,” Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said
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With wheat, U.P. to also collect 88L quintals of bhoosa
By Brajendra K Parashar Alongside the routine annual wheat procurement at the minimum support price (MSP) from farmers in Uttar
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