Grain-based Dedicated Ethanol Plants (DEPs) are facing an existential crisis
By Dr. C.K Jain Government of India (GoI) has formulated the National Biofuel Policy (2022) with an ambitious target of E20 i.e.
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RICE
Telangana HC Questions Civil Supplies for Seizing Rice Millers’ Properties
By Vujjini Vamshidhar The Telangana High Court pulled up civil supplies department officials and district collectors for breaching the rules
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Need to remove basmati rice floor price to boost shipments, say exporters
By Reuters Indian authorities need to promptly cut or remove a floor price for basmati rice exports to help farmers
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Punjab rice millers meet union food minister with demands
A delegation of the Punjab Rice Industry Association led by its president Bharat Bhushan Binta met with union food minister
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After record heatwaves, Bihar’s paddy farmers in distress due to poor monsoon rainfall third year in a row
By Mohd Imran Khan Hundreds of thousands of farmers in Bihar have been struggling with poor monsoon for the third
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Paddy, pulses and millet sowing area swells to 108.7 million hectares on better monsoon rainfall
By Dhirendra Kumar With better distribution of monsoon rainfall over the past fortnight, the sowing of paddy has exceeded the
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APEDA, IRRI unveil high-quality non-basmati rice varieties and value-added products in Delhi workshop
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in collaboration with
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Govt mulls easing rice export curbs
By Sandip Das Given the surplus rice stocks and robust kharif crops, the government is likely to announce measures to
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Paddy procurement in Tamil Nadu for PDS dips by 9.2L MT
Paddy procurement in Tamil Nadu for the Public Distribution System (PDS) declined sharply by 9.26 lakh metric tonnes in 2023-24
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Why rice-wheat need to be de-hyphenated
By Harish Damodaran Most economics commentators and policymakers tend to club wheat and rice, treating them as part of a
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