Centre targets to distribute fortified rice to all ration card holders in 2 years, to cost ₹2,700 crore annually
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved a plan under which rice, fortified with vitamins that can help...
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US frowns upon India’s rice exports at WTO, demands notification of all public stock-holding programmes =
The US has questioned India’s “sky-rocketing” rice exports in 2021 and accused it at the WTO of using the ‘Bali...
APEDA to undertake basmati rice survey, agency to be selected by March
Basmati Export Development Foundation (BEDF) of government’s agri export promotion body APEDA has invited bids by February 18 for crop...
Rice, wheat lead 23% increase in agri exports in H1
Robust demand for Indian foodgrains has pushed up the agriculture produce exports by 23 per cent during the first half...
IARI’s new rice variety to lift non-basmati exports
Srinivasulu, a farmer from Alur, Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, in April 2021, harvested a new rice variety Pusa Samba...
Barring rice and wheat, all rabi crops harvested
Harvesting of most rabi crops, barring wheat and rice, has been completed across the country. The wheat harvest is expected...
Indian rice exports face logistics hurdles on shipping woes
Though new opportunities are opening up for Indian rice exporters, especially for non-basmati, they are currently keen on fulfilling their...
Non-basmati rice emerges as top agri export produce in April-Dec
Non-basmati rice as a product category has overtaken basmati rice to emerge as the top grosser in India’s agri-export basket...
