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ODISHA RICE PROCUREMENT
Odisha doubles rice milling charges, to encourage paddy procurementThe Odisha government has doubled rice milling charges. This move aims to boost paddy procurement from farmers and support millers. Charges...
QR codes on rice bags: Centre widens grain-tracking pilot to 3 statesThe Centre is expanding its QR tagging system for Food Corporation of India foodgrain bags. This initiative will cover Andhra Pradesh, Tela...
Govt sets target to procure 521.27 lakh tonnes of rice from kharif seasonDuring KMS 2023-24 (Kharif crop), rice procurement in Punjab is estimated at 122 lakh tonnes, Chhattisgarh (61 lakh tonnes), Telangana (50 ...
Naveen Patnaik writes to Piyush Goyal, urges him to procure surplus rice from OdishaIn the ensuing Rabi season, it is expected that around 10 lakh tonne of CMR will be procured in the state, he said. "Thus, a total of 54 la...
Centre follows uniform procurement policy; cannot take surplus parboiled rice: Food SecretaryUnion Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey clarified the Centre's position on the procurement of parboiled rice after Telangana Chief Minister K...
TRS to protest Centre's paddy procurement policy in New DelhiLeading the dharna will be KCR's son and Cabinet minister KT Rama Rao and daughter and TRS member of Legislative Council Kavitha Kalvakuntl...
Cabinet approves scheme to distribute fortified rice under govt schemesThe entire cost of rice fortification - around Rs 2,700 crore per annum - would be borne by the government of India as part of food subsidy...
Punjab farmers throng mandis despite protests against agri laws“So far, 96% of the total rice procurement of 3.72 million tonnes have come from Punjab and Haryana. Farmers are coming to mandis in large ...
Govt targets to procure 40.7 mln tonnes of wheat and 11.29 mln tonnes of riceThe official said that the procurement has progressed well with all kinds of precautions and sanitisation in mandis. Food ministry said the...
Government procures 38 mn tonnes rice so far in 2017-18; exceeds targetThe rice procurement target set for this year was 37.5 million tonnes.
Government procures 350.38 lakh tonn rice in 2017-18 season so farProcurement is undertaken by state-run Food Corporation of India (FCI) and state agencies for the central pool to meet the requirement of f...
Rice procurement target fixed higher at 37.5 MT for 2017-18For the 2017-18 season, the government has fixed paddy MSP of 'common' grade variety at Rs 1,550 per quintal, while that of 'A' grade varie...
Government's rice purchase swells 21 pc to 28.4 mt so far this yearThe government's rice procurement has increased by over 21 per cent to 28.41 million tonnes so far in the 2015-16 marketing year.
Paddy procurement till Jan 12 this kharif season up to 20.81 million tonnes from 15.74 million tonnes a year agoPaddy procurement by the Food Corporation of India has seen an increase this year despite 2015 having been a monsoon deficit year.
Government's rice procurement may exceed 32mn tons this yearGovernment's rice procurement may surpass last year's level of 32 million tonnes in the 2015-16 marketing year despite prospect of lower pr...
Paddy procurement: CAG flags irregularities of over Rs 50,000 croreOfficial auditor CAG has pointed out nine major cases of irregularities, all of which put together add up to Rs 40,564.14 crore.
Centre asks states not to announce bonus on rice, wheat this yearIt also said the continuous mono-cropping is affecting soil health. Farmers are growing those crops on which states fix bonus.
- Odisha will ask Centre to relax paddy procurement norm
Odisha government will write to the Centre urging it to relax the norms of paddy procurement from the state by accepting discoloured paddy.
- Bihar, Eastern UP farmers selling rice below MSP
Despite a significant increase in support prices and bumper production of rice, farmers in eastern states are forced to sell the grain at m...
- Government buys record 35 MT of rice from farmers in 2011-12
Rice procurement by the govt touched a record 35.02 MT in the 2011-12 marketing yr that ended last month.