Potato traders threaten strike from Tuesday if West Bengal doesn't allow selling to other statesPotato traders in West Bengal threaten a strike over restrictions on selling to other states, imposed to control local prices. The wholesal...
01 Dec, 2024, 01.11 PM IST
Potato prices surge in Odisha as West Bengal restricts supplyPotato prices in Odisha have risen to Rs 40 per kg as West Bengal restricted supply, causing hundreds of trucks to be stranded at the borde...
29 Nov, 2024, 03.33 PM IST
Potato and rice to remain costly till DecemberPotato prices are expected to stay high until December due to delayed sowing in Uttar Pradesh caused by untimely rains. In addition, Cyclon...
30 Oct, 2024, 05.51 PM IST
Potato, rice prices drop amid supply glut, market shiftsPrices of two major food items, potato and rice, have decreased. Potato prices fell by 8% in 20 days due to an oversupply caused by West Be...
23 Aug, 2024, 06.28 PM IST
Odisha to procure potatoes from Uttar Pradesh through NAFEDOdisha decided to procure potatoes from Uttar Pradesh via NAFED to combat a severe tuber shortage. The state will supply potatoes at Rs 30 ...
09 Aug, 2024, 01.23 PM IST
Potato prices at retail up by 20%-30% amidst lockdownCold storages in West Bengal, the second largest producer of potato, are not being able to operate due to shortage of labour. “Of the 460 c...
24 Apr, 2020, 10.39 AM IST
Odisha to launch Onion Mission; to give loans,seeds to farmersWith onion prices touching Rs 45 per kg in retail markets, the Odisha government today decided to launch Onion Mission and provide easy loa...
03 Aug, 2015, 05.31 PM IST
West Bengal: Decision to restrict potato movement may hike prices in coming monthsMamata Banerjee’s decision to stop movement of potatoes from the state in order to ensure adequate supply at home has set the stage for cos...
31 Oct, 2014, 11.14 AM IST
Mamata's potato politics raises tuber prices by 20 per centMamata Banerjee has barred its despatch to Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam and the northeast unless traders in her state sell...
01 Sep, 2014, 12.14 PM IST
Potato supply to North-east on hold; prices jump between 25 per cent & 50 per centAssam CM Tarun Gogoi isn’t happy with the situation, blaming the shortage to trucks not being allowed to come in from West Bengal.
19 Aug, 2014, 05.34 AM IST
Traders face Rs 100 cr loss as West Bengal restricts movement of potatoPotato traders from Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhatisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Assam are now reluctant to pay their suppliers from Bengal un...
13 Aug, 2014, 05.13 AM IST
Potato crisis may spur price rise in West BengalThe Mamata Banerjee government's potato export ban to Odisha and Jharkhand has raised the spectre of a reciprocal action by the states.
11 Aug, 2014, 09.05 AM IST
Don't commit mistakes of UPA: Congress to BJD on price riseA day after the Odisha government hiked petrol and diesel rates, Congress warned the BJD regime not to repeat the mistakes committed by the...
18 Jun, 2014, 04.56 PM IST
- No lifting of ban on export of potato from state: West Bengal government
Even as the situation arising out of scarcity of potato in retail markets eased with the West Bengal government stepping into the supply of...
11 Nov, 2013, 11.27 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee stops movement of potatoes from West Bengal, other states hitMamata Banerjee's decision to stop movement of potatoes from the state has made the tuber go beyond the reach of common people in many othe...
01 Nov, 2013, 09.16 AM IST
Potato prices almost doubled in most parts of India over past one weekThe current demand is being met from the old stock which is why prices have gone up, explained the traders.
25 Oct, 2013, 04.44 AM IST
Andhra Pradesh, Odisha gear up for cyclone Phailin; sea level to rise by up to three metresCyclone Phailin is comparable with the super-cyclone that devastated the Odisha coast in 1999, killing nearly 10,000 people.
12 Oct, 2013, 08.54 AM IST