Govt to launch Bharat rice at Rs 29/kg on Tuesday to provide relief to consumersFood Minister Piyush Goyal is scheduled to launch Bharat rice at Kartavya path in the national capital, an official release said. The Food ...
05 Feb, 2024, 08.29 PM IST
India to sell rice under Bharat brand at Rs 25 a kilo amid price spikeIn a move to address the soaring inflation rate of rice, the government has announced its plan to sell rice under the Bharat brand at an af...
27 Dec, 2023, 09.53 AM IST
Govt sells 3.46 lakh tonnes wheat, 13,164 tonnes rice in open market to check pricesTo control the retail prices of rice, wheat and atta, the government is organising weekly e-auctions of both wheat and rice. The minimum an...
21 Dec, 2023, 10.41 PM IST
Around 3.46 LMT wheat and 13164 MT rice were sold during 26th e-auction under OMSSCereal prices in November rose to 10.27% pushing the food inflation to 8.70% in November, against 6.61% reported the previous month. Food i...
21 Dec, 2023, 05.17 PM IST
FCI eases norm for rice OMSS to contain pricesRice inflation is a concern, so we are relaxing the OMSS norms further to encourage more participation, said Ashok K Meena, chairman & MD, ...
15 Dec, 2023, 09.40 PM IST
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...
15 Dec, 2023, 08.39 PM IST
Govt sells 2.84 lakh tonnes of wheat, 5,830 tonnes of rice from buffer stock to check retail pricesThe Centre has said that 2.84 lakh tonnes of wheat and 5,830 tonnes of rice were sold from its buffer stock to over two thousand bidders th...
16 Nov, 2023, 04.33 PM IST
Govt to offload additional 50 lakh tons wheat, 25 lakh tons rice under OMSS to check pricesThe government on Wednesday announced that it will sell additional 50 lakh tonnes of wheat and 25 lakh tonnes of rice from the central pool...
09 Aug, 2023, 05.43 PM IST
Sale of wheat, rice to states under OMSS stopped to maintain adequate buffer stocks, control pricesIndia has discontinued wheat and rice sales to states via Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS) in an effort to control inflationary trends and ma...
26 Jul, 2023, 05.21 PM IST
Congress says 'unreasonable restrictions' placed on sale of rice under OMSS 'misfired' badlyCongress claims that the Centre discontinuing food grains from its pool to states was a political decision aimed at scuttling the Karnataka...
11 Jul, 2023, 11.11 AM IST
Rice sale under OMSS sees lukewarm response; govt says open to tweak policyThe Centre on Monday said there has been a lukewarm response to the sale of rice to small traders under the open market sale scheme in the ...
10 Jul, 2023, 09.39 PM IST
Modi govt 'anti-poor', says Congress on Centre discontinuing sale of food grains under OMSS to state govtsAccusing the Modi government of being "anti-poor", the Congress on Wednesday said the Centre discontinued the sale of food grains from the ...
21 Jun, 2023, 04.24 PM IST
Karnataka: Congress and BJP spar over rice supply; leaders including Bommai detainedSeveral BJP leaders including former CM Basavaraj Bommai were detained while holding protests in some parts of the state against the Congre...
20 Jun, 2023, 06.02 PM IST
Centre discontinues sale of rice, wheat under OMSS to state govts to check price riseThe Centre has discontinued the sale of rice and wheat from the central pool under the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS) to state governments,...
14 Jun, 2023, 08.17 PM IST
Wheat, rice prices showing declining trend: GovernmentThe wholesale price of rice also fell 2.17 per cent to Rs 3,030.6 per quintal from Rs 3,097.88 per quintal in the said period, it added. In...
20 Aug, 2021, 07.44 PM IST
- Grain stocks pile up at FCI on slipup
Has the food ministry been misleading over changes to its subsidised grain sale in the open market, resulting in massive excess stocks stil...
27 Aug, 2010, 04.40 AM IST
- Food egom on June 25, new OMSS on agenda
Caught in a fix over open market grain prices being propped up by expensive government rates for the Open Market Sales Scheme (OMSS-d), the...
22 Jun, 2010, 11.18 PM IST