Rice prices jump 10% in just five days on Dhaka duty cutsOn June 22, Bangladesh came up with a notification that allows imports of non-basmati rice till October 31. This is for the first time that...
27 Jun, 2022, 11.47 AM IST
Inflation hits popular food combo: Consumers feel the pinch of rising chicken and rice pricesPrices of chicken will cool off in October-November when harvesting of soyabean, a key ingredient for animal feed, starts. At present, chic...
15 Jun, 2022, 07.37 PM IST
Cheaper rice, atta bring relief amid inflationIn western and eastern India, wheat at the mandi level costs ₹23 a kg, while in northern India, the major producing hub, the price is ₹22. ...
31 May, 2022, 10.10 AM IST
Prices of basmati rice, edible oils and pulses ride high going into festive seasonRains have impacted the quality of pulses and certain categories of pulses like have witnessed a rise of 10% -12% in prices. Edible oil pri...
05 Oct, 2021, 05.51 PM IST
Export demand pushes non-basmati rice price by 10%Bangladesh’s decision will primarily help the eastern states of West Bengal, Bihar and Odisha to export more rice as the transportation cos...
16 Aug, 2021, 10.49 PM IST
After Africa and China, Bangladesh looks to buy non-basmati riceIndia saw a surge in farm exports in FY21, a pandemic year. The surge was driven by record-high sales of rice-13.9 million tonnes of non-ba...
28 Jun, 2021, 09.25 AM IST
Indian rice exporters in a fix as transport costs rise, demand from Gulf dropsThe Gulfood 2021 held between February 21-25 in Dubai did not garner much business for Indian basmati exporters as people stayed away in fe...
04 Mar, 2021, 04.56 PM IST
Price of non-basmati rice shoots up to 15% while potato price falls by more than 65%The price of non-basmati rice, which is consumed by more than 80% of the Indian population, has shot up by 10-15% since January, as Banglad...
24 Feb, 2021, 07.37 PM IST
FMCG cos start increasing prices selectively; the first in a year; say hikes unlikely to impact demandMarico said in a quarterly update this week that inflationary pressures in key raw materials necessitated taking price increases across bot...
07 Jan, 2021, 07.15 PM IST
Bangladesh reduces import duty on rice to 25%This will pave the way for Indian rice exporters, particularly from West Bengal, to export non-basmati rice to the country and fetch better...
28 Dec, 2020, 06.20 PM IST
Non-basmati rice exports from India increases 68% YoY in April-July periodIndia exported 2.99 million tonnes of non-basmati rice in the first four months of this financial year, up from 1.78 million tonnes a year ...
05 Oct, 2020, 04.55 PM IST
India’s exports of non-basmati rice in first two months of FY21 jumps 52.5%Bangladesh too, will open up opportunities for Indian non-basmati rice exports. “Either they will directly buy from private players or they...
11 Aug, 2020, 05.33 PM IST
Trade with Bangladesh opens doors for India's non-basmati rice exports“Bangladesh largely buys non-basmati rice. We have come to know that Bangladesh will import rice from India this year,” said Vinod Kaul, ex...
13 Jul, 2020, 05.38 PM IST
Labour shortage and scarcity of containers at ports hit India’s rice exports“Trucks are standing at the Kandla and Mundra ports for a minimum seven days as there is no labour to unload the trucks,” said Gautam Migla...
13 Jun, 2020, 10.02 AM IST
Farm wages doubled in many agricultural districts as migrants labourers returned homeFarmers are trying to lure migrants back by offering them rail tickets and other incentives. Many farmers in Punjab, Haryana, West Bengal, ...
29 May, 2020, 12.32 PM IST
Rice exports to Bangladesh via West Bengal likely to commence soonRice exports to Bangladesh through West Bengal will likely begin soon as the ministry of home affairs (MHA) has taken a tough stand against...
08 May, 2020, 10.02 AM IST
Lockdown impact: Bangladesh rice exports stop; Gulf nations' demand up“This is the time when Bangladesh imports basmati from India for making biryani during Ramadan,” Suraj Agarwal, CEO of Tirupati Agri Trade,...
28 Apr, 2020, 07.32 AM IST