Cereal crisis: Why government is rushing to tame rice, wheat prices
By Koustav Das Retail inflation in India surged to a 15-month high of 7.44 percent in July due to a broad-based rise
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RICE
Vietnam has up to 8 million tons of rice for export this year – minister
By Reuters Vietnam has 7 million to 8 million metric tons of rice for export this year, state media reported
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India’s kharif crop planting area rises; paddy leading year-on-year
By ANI Farmers in India have sown kharif crops across 979.88 lakh hectares so far this year, as against 972.58
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Telangana govt appoints five-member officials committee to formulate new milling policy
In accordance with the recent Cabinet decision, the State government on Thursday appointed an officials committee to make recommendations for
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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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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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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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