The government plans to reduce broken rice in public distribution to 10% from 25%, freeing up 90 lakh tonnes annually for the ethanol secto...

The Norwegian government signed a deal to stockpile 30,000 tons of grain as a precaution against crises like COVID-19, war, and climate cha...

"The initiative initially sparked speculation by some media over whether China is in a food crisis. Experts say the world indeed faces a fo...

"For the past few days, people are discussing increasing prices of food grains and vegetables. But our PM did not respond," CPI general sec...

A farmers organisation today condemned the decision of the Haryana government to "discourage" farmers of Uttar Pradesh from selling their w...

Bhupinder Singh Hooda today requested the Centre to immediately lift large quantity of foodgrains from the state.

Food Minister K V Thomas has asked the states to lift in advance six month quota of foodgrains and further distribute the same through rati...

"The EGoM will take a final call on these suggestions as huge subsidies are involved. The panel has estimated subsidy of around Rs 17,000 c...

An empowered group of ministers (EGoM) meet next week could likely okay export of a limited quantity of wheat and rice.

India could be facing a crisis soon if immediate steps are not taken to ease burden on godowns bulging with grain.

India’s overflowing grain silos will lead to a crisis if the government does not take urgent steps to offload the stocks, a government pane...

A key government panel has warned that the country's overflowing grain bins will lead to a crisis if the government did not come up with a ...

Archaic rules continued to hinder effective food management despite the country sitting on record grain stocks, but the government seems to...

Making the demands, former BJP president Rajnath Singh told the gathering, comprising farmers from across the national capital, that it was...

The next time foodgrain imports are imperative for the public distribution system (PDS), the cost of imports would be just 20% or 30% highe...

The food ministry has proposed a variable tariff regime for imports for the PDS, should such imports be imperative in a crisis situation.

With the foodgrain market gradually transforming into a sellers’ market, the price a farmer is getting will be aligned much more closely wi...