By Gurpreet Singh Nibber The teams will visit rice mills in Jagraon, Raikot and Khanna. The designated mills have been asked to arrange 20-30 tonnes of paddy for shelling in the presence of IIT teams. Teams from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, will arrive in Punjab on Wednesday to evaluate the rice yield […]
By Reuters JAKARTA, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Indonesia is looking into options for importing 1 million tons of rice from India next year, coordinating minister for food affairs Zulkifli Hasan said on Tuesday. Indonesia’s rice output is estimated to fall 2.43% this year to 30.34 million metric tons, due to a delay in planting and […]
As the matter came up for resumed hearing, the Bench was told that high-level meetings had already been held with the Punjab government. Saurabh Malik /Tribune News Service The Centre on Tuesday told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that a two-pronged strategy was being adopted to address the shortage of storage for paddy in […]
Basmati rice exports rose sharply by 11 per cent between April and September 2024, compared to the same period in FY24 reaching $2.87 billion, aided by the recent removal of the minimum export price. Abhijeet Kumar New Delhi India’s agricultural and processed food exports experienced a slight decline of 1 per cent, reaching $12.13 billion […]
Punjab is India’s largest source of rice for PDS. A severe storage crunch there leading to delayed procurement of the current harvest is distortionary. The immediate solution is to quickly move rice procured last year from Punjab’s godowns while hiring more storage space. The long-term solution is to find ways to push some farmers in […]
Farmers and millers had alleged delay in procurement of paddy in the State by the Food Corporation of India (FCI). The Hindu Bureau A day after the Union government promised seamless procurement of paddy and custom milled rice (CMR) in Punjab, the Consumer Affairs Ministry on Monday (October 28, 2024) launched a portal to address […]
Hyderabad: The state govt has decided to make bank guarantee mandatory for millers to prevent them from selling the paddy given to them for custom milling.The state cabinet meeting two days ago approved the bank guarantee clause for rice millers. This was earlier opposed by millers during talks with officials and later with the cabinet […]
By Team Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Pralhad Joshi has said that 185 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT) of Paddy fixed for Kharif Marketing Season 2024-25 will be procured and not a single grain of paddy will be left out. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Mr Joshi announced that an online portal for […]
Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas – The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines — The scrapping of India’s minimum export price (MEP) on its non-Basmati white rice bodes well for the Philippines as it would further boost global grain supply and could lead to lower retail prices of the commodity, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. “If India removed […]
Young entrepreneurs having invested in rice milling industries during past years have urged the Centre to review its policy and to allow alternative uses of rice of various grades. Among the major remedies cited to resolve the ensuing agrarian crisis… Our Correspondent Young entrepreneurs having invested in rice milling industries during past years have urged […]
