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Too hot to handle: Heatwave in North India slows textile, rice supply chainsNorthern India's blistering heatwaves are wreaking havoc on vital industries, significantly hampering the trade of Basmati rice and textile...- Punjab targets to bring 20 pc more area under basmatiThe Punjab agriculture department is planning to increase the area under basmati crop by over 20 per cent in the current sowing season, wit...
- India deserves GI tag for its basmati riceIndia, the largest producer and exporter of Basmati rice, deserves to be granted the geographical indication (GI) tag for it, despite chall...
- Why is Congress against the farmers of MP? Shivraj Chouhan writes to Sonia GandhiThis is significant ahead of the upcoming by-polls in Madhya Pradesh after the Kamal Nath government had collapsed paving the way for BJP t...
- A case of Geographical Indication: Basmati tag triggers clash between Punjab & Madhya PradeshPunjab’s Chief Minister Amrinder Singh has opposed the MP government’s push for a GI tag for the long-grained rice cultivated in 13 distric...
- High earnings last year drive farmers to grow more basmatiForecast of normal monsoon in India is also enticing farmers to grow the crop.
- Millers double non basmati purchase in PunjabThis year millers have already bought around 2 lakh tonnes of paddy compared to 1.5 lakh tonnes in the entire procurement season in the las...
- Basmati paddy price firms up on lower harvest, steady demandHaryana-based Dunar Foods’ CEO, Sandeep Singla, said basmati output could reduce 8-10% this year. “The export prices are bound to rise in t...
- Basmati millers in Punjab rue hike in mandi fee, RDFThe millers rue that the additional cost burden will also dent their cost competitiveness in domestic as well as international trade .
- PAU releases eight new crop varieties for cultivation in PunjabThe canes of sugarcane variety CoPb 93 juice contains 17% and 19% sucrose in January and March with average cane yield of about 390 quintal...
- Basmati growers fetch low prices, allege cartelisationBasmati growers are in for a shock as popular aromatic rice varieties like PUSA 1121 are fetching "far lower" prices than what they got las...
- Basmati growers in Punjab and Haryana complain of not getting remunerative pricesBasmati growers in Punjab and Haryana say they feel let down due to the government and trade "cartels" not ensuring remunerative prices for...
- Lower basmati prices due to softening of international rates: Punjab governmentPunjab basmati growers have been complaining about not getting "remunerative" rates this season similar to what crop prices prevailed last ...
- Basmati crop likely to fetch lower prices on higher supplyWith the Punjab government emphasising on crop diversification programme, area under basmati crop surged by 55 per cent to 8.62 lakh hectar...
- Basmati to fetch less, prices 15-20% lower this yearBasmati growers are likely to earn less from their produce this season, with rates for the aromatic rice variety ruling 15 to 20 per cent l...
- Basmati acreage to expand 15%; traders hopeful of higher pricesBasmati acreage is expected to expand 15% this season in Punjab , Haryana and Uttar Pradesh as sowing gets underway.
- PUSA-1121 acreage rise may suppress basmati prices“With the inclusion of Pusa-1121 rice variety in the basmati category in 2008, the farmers in Punjab are encouraged to put more area under ...
- Rain delay no dampener for basmatiLesser monsoon rains have not impacted the sowing of the premium basmati rice in Punjab and Haryana, and an increase in acreage in the key ...
- India sticks basmati label on Pusa 1121The Centre on Monday recognised rice variety Pusa 1121 as a basmati. With this, India has significantly diluted the identity of basmati as ...
- New ArticleThe numerous gurudwaras that dot villages in Punjab have a new task in their hand.
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