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FOODGRAINS TRANSPORTATION POLICY
Punjab cabinet approves 3 foodgrain policies for Kharif 2026-27The Punjab Cabinet approved key policies for paddy procurement and movement in 2026-27. Amendments to Punjab Public Service Commission regu...- Did Churchill let 30 lakh Indians die? A journo took on Amartya SenMadhusree Mukerjee's book revived the debate on the 1943 Bengal Famine, questioning Amartya Sen's analysis of food entitlement failures. Ne...
- Flex reflections from Brazil: India’s ethanol push faces lessons from Brazil’s Proalcool crisisIndia debates ethanol mandates, drawing lessons from Brazil's Proalcool program. Brazil's initial success faced a late 1980s crisis due to ...
- Government hikes authorised capital of FCI to Rs 21,000 croreThe FCI, the centre’s main grain-handling agency, which utilises the food subsidy to provide grains to 800 million people, incurs most of i...
- India approves world's largest food storage scheme in co-operative sector at the cost of Rs 1 lakh croreThe Indian government plans to establish the world's largest food grain storage scheme under the cooperative societies sector, which will b...
- Govt revises OMSS policy; restores transportation charges: Food Secretary Sudhanshu PandeyUnder the OMSS policy, the government allows state-run Food Corporation of India (FCI) to sell foodgrains, especially wheat and rice, at pr...
- Nearly 17 mn tonnes of surplus foodgrains to be used for ethanol making: Food SecyFood Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said the government is encouraging ethanol production not only from molasses but also from foodgrains like ...
- Government mulls fund to encourage cargo transportation by shipsDiversion of 5% of cargo transportation to coastal ships can result in annual savings of Rs 2K cr & a 6% reduction in emission of harmful c...
- 'Food Security Bill may boost Railways' freight movement'Indian Railways expects a huge movement of foodgrains across the country, once the UPA government's proposed Food Security Bill is passed, ...
- Mega stocking by government pushing up food prices?Stocking up of foodgrains by the government could be one of the major factors for the continuing surge in food prices, warn experts.
- Rotten policyWe can hardly stem food inflation with lax storage and grain much ravaged by the elements.
- Railways to unload sops for bulk cargoTransporting key commodities such as iron ore, coal, foodgrain and containers by rail is set to become expensive with the Indian Railways d...
- Countrywide foodgrain storage could be revived on PPP basisthe food ministry is actively exploring hiking the quantum of foodgrain available for welfare programmes and working on legislating the sup...
- Railways hike freight rate for loading of foodgrains by nearly 8.33%The railways have hiked freight rate for loading of foodgrains by nearly 8.33% with effect from February 1.
- Railways impose special levy on freightThree weeks after Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav denied hiking freight rates, the railways has decided to implement a five to seven pe...
- No wheat exports to India: PakStating there was no change in its policy of ban on wheat exports, Pakistan on Friday said it would not be possible to sell the foodgrain t...
- Market-linked prices for farmers in new policyWith the foodgrain market gradually transforming into a sellers’ market, the price a farmer is getting will be aligned much more closely wi...
- Cutting sugar to size can bring down inflation rateCutting down on sugar may be the easiest way for the swelling Wholesale Price Index (WPI) to lose some flab.
- Govt keen to double share in global food tradeIn a bid to double India's share in the rapidly-growing food trade to 2% by 2015, the government has initiated steps to formulate a compreh...
- FCI to no more sponsor rly rakes for exportersThe government is likely to continue with the present policy of fixing prices for foodgrain export, based on the recommendations of the Foo...
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