Centre has agreed to reduce basmati MEP to USD 950: Exporters
By Neeraj Mohan The Union Government has decided to reduce the minimum export price (MEP) for the long-grained basmati rice
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RICE
Punjab: Eyeing hefty profits, unscrupulous traders smuggle paddy into state
By Aman Sood Middlemen and traders are making hefty profits by illegally supplying paddy purchased from various states, including Uttar
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Centre will continue to bar states from buying rice from FCI stock
By Dipak K Dash The Centre will continue to not allow state governments to buy rice from its buffer stock
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Country’s first rice silos built through PPP mode to be commissioned in November
By Sandip Das The country’s first silos for storing rice built under a private-public-partnership (PPP) model with the Food Corporation
Read MoreGovt routes sale of non-basmati white rice to 11 nations via NCEL
By Harikishan Sharma Amid an export ban, the government has decided to route the sale of 12 lakh metric tonnes
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UK- India Trade Agreement: British Millers fear potential cut on white rice tariff could topple local industry.
A £1 billion ($1.2 billion) corner of the UK economy is fearing for its future as Britain and India close
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Punjab: Paddy lifting picks up pace as rice millers end protest
A day after the rice millers called off their week-long strike, paddy lifting operations picked up pace at the grain
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Punjab: Rice millers to end strike
Protesting rice millers in Punjab have finally decided to end their strike after a meeting with Punjab food and civil
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Haryana: Basmati prices up after suspension of strike by exporters
The suspension of strike by the rice exporters has brought a respite to basmati-1509 growers, who have been witnessing a
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India says procurement helped in food security
Slamming the US, the European Union, Japan, Australia and Brazil, which are seeking to limit spending on procurement of rice
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