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US seeks details of India's rice stocks used for Ethanol outputThe United States has sought details from India on the use of rice for ethanol production. Washington has alleged that India’s rice stocks ...- Government should adopt flexible approach to ethanol-blended petrol programme: ICRIER paperA research paper recommends flexibility in India's ethanol blending program targets. It suggests maintaining E20 as a long-term goal while ...
- Bharat atta, rice set for market return ahead of festive seasonThe government plans to resume selling subsidized Bharat Atta and Bharat Rice soon. This initiative aims to provide staples at lower prices...
- FCI calls media reports of Rs 1,160 crore ethanol rice diversion 'factually incorrect'The Food Corporation of India has denied reports of a large-scale rice diversion for ethanol. Investigations are focused on a small quantit...
- Finance ministry rejects hike in food subsidy bill, pushes for open market grain salesThe finance ministry has rejected a proposal to increase the food subsidy outlay, citing a need for prudent spending. Instead, the Departme...
- From shortage to surplus: India pours record rice crop into ethanolIndia, facing massive rice inventories exceeding government targets, is diverting record amounts of rice, 5.2 million metric tons, for etha...
- Govt makes it mandatory for retailers, wholesalers and processors to disclose rice stockThe Bharat rice will be sold in packs of 5kg and 10 kg at Rs 29 per kilo, he added through NAFED, NCCF, Kendriya Bhandar apart from the onl...
- Rice inflation: FCI chief says PDS rice quality good; appeals traders to buy grain under OMSSFCI Chief Ashok K Meena expressed concern over rice inflation and urged traders to buy rice under the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS) to boo...
- Modi govt 'sabotaging' Anna Bhagya scheme in Karnataka: CongressThe Congress on Sunday alleged that the Centre is "sabotaging" its Anna Bhagya guarantee in Karnataka and asserted that the 10 kg free rice...
- PMGKAY: Wheat allocation to be cut, rice to go up for beneficiariesUnder the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY), 800 million poor people are entitled to 5 kg free foodgrain every month.
- Budget likely to increase food subsidy allocation by 4%-6%: SourcesFor the 2021/22 fiscal year, India's total outlay toward the food subsidy is expected to cross Rs 2.1 lakh crore ($28.7 billion), but the b...
- Around 3,51,320 quintal rice to north-eastern states for distribution to migrants: FCIFCI in a statement stated that as part of the Economic Measures (Atma Nirbhar Bharat), Government of India has allocated free food grain fo...
- Govt allows NGOs to buy food grains directly from FCI for for relief operationsFCI has transported 2.2 million tonnes of food grains to various parts of the country to help states distribute subsidised as well as free ...
- Food minister Ram Vilas Paswan asks states to ensure free distribution of food grains to poor“State governments are requested to lift their quota of food grains from Food Corporation of India for free distribution of the 5 kg food g...
- Grain supply won’t go into a squeeze, says Ram Vilas PaswanWe are also prepared to provide them 5 kg free foodgrain for the next three months, as announced under PM Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY),...
- Government releases record Rs 1.07 lakh crore to FCIGovernment has released funds to the tune of Rs 1.07 lakh crore to cash-strapped FCI so far this fiscal, which is an all time record.
- Cash-starved Food Corporation of India asks government to clear Rs 50,000 crore duesThe FCI's subsidy has risen sharply due to increase in the MSP for wheat and rice and high procurement, storage and distribution costs.
- Government allows sale of wheat from FCI godowns in open marketGovernment will sell wheat in open market from Food Corporation of India's (FCI's) stock as part of its measures to keep prices under contr...
- CCEA okays sale of 10.5 mn tonne FCI foodgrains in open marketOut of 10 million tonnes of wheat, 8.5 million tonnes would be sold from Punjab and Haryana to bulk consumers at Rs 1,500 per quintal.
- FCI procures over 500 lakh tons foodgrains this yearState-run Food Corporation of India (FCI) has announced record procurement of more than 500 lakh tons of wheat and rice this year, which wi...
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