In the long term, Punjab must diversify its crop base to avoid the problem of surplus which lies at the heart of the current crisis. Written by Anju Agnihotri Chaba The paddy procurement process in Punjab has been marred by significant delays and mismanagement this year. Despite favourable weather conditions, the pace of harvesting has […]
Fetched Rs 5K last year. Charanjit Singh Teja, Tribune News Service In order to get better price for their basmati produce, the farmers are ferrying their crop from one mandi to another. Last year, the crop that fetched Rs 5,000 per quintal was being purchased by traders at Rs 2,800 per quintal. So far, traders […]
BENGALURU/ MUMBAI/BANGKOK/HANOI/BANGLADESH: Rice export rates dipped across major Asian hubs this week after India abolished export duty on the staple and raised fears of over-supplying the market, pushing rates in the top exporter and in Vietnam to their lowest levels in more than a year. India scrapped the export tax on parboiled rice late on […]
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed the Union of India (UOI) to file a detailed reply on the availability of storage space for rice and the testing protocols for hybrid paddy varieties. “Additional Solicitor-General of India Satya Pal… Tribune News Service The Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed the Union of India […]
Rice traders in Bangladesh are less interested in importing the grain despite the recent slash in related tariffs as they do not believe there is enough of a profit margin because of high prices on the international market. They added that doing so would have little effect on reducing domestic prices at this time. The […]
By Niamh Leonard-Bedwell Tilda claims to have helped increase the annual rice yields of a group of north Indian farmers by 7%. It worked with 1,270 farmers in northern India in 2023, teaching them the alternate wet and dry (AWD) irrigation technique for more sustainable rice growing as part of an ongoing programme. Traditional rice […]
Food and consumer affairs minister Pralhad Joshi on Wednesday said “we are committed to create space and evacuating surplus rice stocks from Punjab and Haryana is our highest priority.” Written by Sandip Das Amidst a storage crunch due to surplus stocks held with agencies, the food ministry has chalked out a weekly evaluation plan of […]
NEW DELHI: India has removed the floor price for the export of non-basmati white rice, the government said in an official order on Wednesday, to help farmers and exporters sell various grades of rice on the world market. Buoyed by forecasts of higher rice output, farmers and rice exporters recently urged the government to remove […]
The removal of the duty reflects the government’s confidence in a better harvest this year, said Vijay Setia, former president of the All-India Rice Exporters Association. Dhirendra Kumar New Delhi: The union government has removed the export duty on parboiled rice, according to a notification issued by the finance ministry late on Tuesday. It also […]
The decision has been made effective from October 22. By Shishir Sinha In an effort to further boost exports, the Finance Ministry has lowered Custom Duty to NIL from 10 per cent on parboiled rice, husked (brown) rice and rice in the husk (paddy or roughy). It has been made effective from October 22. The […]
