KRBL, Kohinoor Foods among other rice stocks jump up to 7% as government lifts ban on non-basmati white riceShares of Kohinoor Foods jumped 7.4% to its day’s high of Rs 47.45 while the shares of Chaman Lal Setia Exports rose 7% to their new all-ti...
30 Sep, 2024, 12.31 PM IST
Jobs scam : ED grills Abhishek Banerjee's wife for over 7 hrs, raids different placesThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) is interrogating Rujira, the wife of Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, for over seve...
11 Oct, 2023, 06.37 PM IST
I-T dept recovers Rs 11 cr from Trinamool MLA’s house, factoryThe Income Tax department sources said that Rs 9 crore was recovered from Hossain’s residence alone, while Rs 2 crore have been recovered f...
13 Jan, 2023, 01.26 PM IST
Labour shortage and scarcity of containers at ports hit India’s rice exports“Trucks are standing at the Kandla and Mundra ports for a minimum seven days as there is no labour to unload the trucks,” said Gautam Migla...
13 Jun, 2020, 10.02 AM IST
Rice exports to Bangladesh via West Bengal likely to commence soonRice exports to Bangladesh through West Bengal will likely begin soon as the ministry of home affairs (MHA) has taken a tough stand against...
08 May, 2020, 10.02 AM IST
Lockdown impact: Bangladesh rice exports stop; Gulf nations' demand up“This is the time when Bangladesh imports basmati from India for making biryani during Ramadan,” Suraj Agarwal, CEO of Tirupati Agri Trade,...
28 Apr, 2020, 07.32 AM IST
Bengal rice farmers see a bright spot in AfricaDip in demand from Bangladesh is the key reason which has brought down prices in domestic market
07 Dec, 2017, 11.43 AM IST
North Bengal draws investment intents worth Rs 1702 croreThe proposed projects for units in food processing, dairy, food and beverages, animal husbandry, rice mills, pulse mills, flour mills, cold...
20 May, 2017, 05.58 PM IST
Centre asks West Bengal to take steps for protecting jute sectorThe jute industry in the state of West Bengal is grappling with demand slump leading to production cut and even mill closures, sources told.
19 Oct, 2014, 12.48 PM IST
Indian Jute Mills Association regrets non-announcement of state jute policyThe Indian Jute Mills Association expressed regret that the West Bengal government was yet to come out with the proposed jute policy.
09 Sep, 2014, 05.15 PM IST
Assam lines up 32 mini mills to process bumper rice yieldWith Assam expecting a bumper production of rice this year, the state government will soon set up around 32 mini rice mills for processing ...
04 Jan, 2014, 11.20 AM IST
Rabi rice output may surge in Assam, BengalBengal is targeting a production of 40 lakh tonne rice during the rabi season while Assam is expected to produce 55 lakh tonne.
11 Feb, 2013, 06.04 AM IST
- Dry spell to affect paddy, pulses crop in Bengal, Assam
Paddy, pulses and vegetable production in eastern India's two fertile states, West Bengal and Assam, will be less this year.
06 Apr, 2012, 05.23 AM IST
- Union budget 2012-13: Paddy farming gets a boost as Pranab Mukherjee increases allocation for green revolution in the east
Paddy farming in the east is expected to get a boost as Pranab Mukherjee in his budget 2012 speech has allocated an extra Rs 600 crore for ...
16 Mar, 2012, 04.01 PM IST
Paddy prices in West Bengal drop on high productionA high kharif paddy production 2011-12 coupled with almost zero exports to Bangladesh has pushed down paddy prices in Bengal.
09 Jan, 2012, 10.55 AM IST
- Bengal government moves centre as Food Corporation of India stops rice procurement
Miffed by FCI's stance not to lift rice, the Bengal government has moved the Union MoS for food and consumer affairs to speed up the proces...
06 Jan, 2012, 02.35 AM IST
- Rice bran oil manufacturers to set unit in Indonesia
Rice bran oil manufacturers in the country, A P Solvex Limited from Punjab and Sethia Oils Limited of West Bengal, plan to set up jointly a...
04 Aug, 2009, 01.15 PM IST