Karnal millers urge FCI to allow unloading of custom-milled rice
Rice millers of the district showed up at the Food Corporation of India (FCI) office here today, alleging that due
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Govt study predicts significant decline in yields of rice, wheat and maize by 2080 due to climate change
By Dhirendra Kumar The government on Tuesday told Parliament that rainfed rice yields are expected to decline 20% by 2050,
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States to buy rice from FCI outside e-auction window
By Sandip Das The government has allowed grain deficient states to buy rice directly under the open market sale (OMSS)
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India boosts planting of oilseeds after better monsoon rains
By Bloomberg India’s farmers increased sowing of oilseeds and pulses as the nation records monsoon rains higher than the seasonal
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India permits export of 1,000 tonnes of non-basmati white rice to Namibia
By PTI India on Monday allowed the export of 1,000 tonnes of non-basmati white rice to Namibia through National Cooperative
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Goan rice variety on Nirmala’s list to equip farmers handle climate change
Goa’s genetic scientists have conducted successful trials of a rice variety which is designed to withstand the environmental challenges that
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Cultivation of fine variety paddy likely to go up in Karimnagar
By Raghu Pathari Cultivation of fine variety paddy is likely to go up in the erstwhile Karimnagar district in the
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Assam: Rice weevil menace causes concern in Dibrugarh
The residents of Dibrugarh near the FCI godown have been suffering due to floods for last one month. To add
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86% of Jharkhand’s arable land for paddy cultivation lying fallow due to scanty rainfall
BY PTI Around 86 per cent of Jharkhand’s arable land, meant for paddy sowing, is still lying fallow due to
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Rice sold in bag above 25kg may attract GST, Retail Prices likely to be affected.
One may be need to pay more for rice sold in loose quantities greater than 25 kg as it is
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