Protests erupt in Gilgit-Baltistan over reduction of subsidised wheat flour.
By ANI In Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB), the locals protested against the administration’s ill intention to reduce the quantity of subsidised
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Odisha:Rice millers demand hike in milling fees.
The All Odisha Rice Millers Association (AORMA) has demanded the state government to increase the custom milling fee for rice
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Govt promotes pulses production in tribal and Naxal-affected areas
By PTI The government is encouraging pulse cultivation, particularly ‘arhar’ and ‘urad’, in Naxal-affected districts and tribal areas of Jharkhand
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Basmati’s early variety starts arriving in Amritsar mandis, Punjab farmers disappointed at low returns for PUSA 1509
By Anju Agnihotri Chaba Jagwinder Singh, a rice farmer of Amritsar district, sold his early variety of basmati – PUSA
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Andhra Pradesh: Incessant Rains and Floods Damaged Paddy on 1.80 Lakh Hectares
The incessant rains damaged paddy crops over a total of 1,80,243 hectares and horticulture crops over an extent of 17,645
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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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