Shrinking bowl: Rising input cost & low returns force cut in rice cultivation
By Pranesh Sarkar A disturbing trend has emerged in the rice belt of Bengal — comprising East Burdwan, Birbhum and
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West Bengal
India issues grading rules for Bengal’s five premium non-Basmati rice varieties.
The Agriculture Ministry has notified grading and marketing rules for five premium non-Basmati rice varieties of West Bengal — Gobindabhog,
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North Bengal’s ‘king of rice’ Kalonunia gets GI tag
The ‘Kalonunia,’ renowned as the ‘King of Rice’ in North Bengal, has received the Geographical Indication (GI Tag), joining the
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How new grading rules for non-Basmati rice varieties can put Gobindabhog on world map
By Atri Mehta A set of proposed rules for grading rice will soon pave the way for a separate identity
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West Bengal: Ration Dealers’ Federation requests food & supplies dept to replace inferior quality rice
At a time when the Enforcement Directorate is investigating alleged Public Distribution System scam in West Bengal, All India Fair
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Income tax raid at Bengal MLA Tanmoy Ghosh’s rice mill ends after 52 hours
Income Tax officials on Friday afternoon left the rice mill of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Tanmoy Ghosh at Bengal’s
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Shell Companies, Rice Mill & A Maroon Diary: How ED Tightened the Noose Around Jyotipriya Mallick
Kamalika Sengupta Trinamool Congress minister Jyotipriya Mallick is an influential person and hence it is important to keep him in
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Bengal teacher job scam: Probe agency ED searches rice mills in state
Financial probe agency Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday morning began conducting search operations at rice mills located in at least
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West Bengal: State plans to procure paddy by finger print verification from Nov
The state Food and Supplies department is planning to introduce procurement of paddy by finger print verification through E pos
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West Bengal: State speeds up paddy procurement in Burdwan
State, now has decided to procure 1.10 lakh MT of the Boro yield and the process, as Mondal stated, is
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