Govt lifts curbs on rice exports, removes floor price for non-basmati grainThe government has removed the minimum export price for non-basmati rice and exempted parboiled and husked rice from export duty. The chang...
Govt exempts parboiled rice, husked brown rice from export dutyThe government has removed export duties on parboiled rice and husked brown rice, effective from October 22. Previously, duties were slashe...
Govt exempts non-basmati rice from export duty, cuts levy on parboiled rice to 10%The government has exempted non-basmati white rice from export duty and reduced the levy on parboiled rice to 10 per cent. The export duty ...
Vietnam imports husked brown rice from India for re-exports, sources sayVietnam has recently imported husked brown rice from India for the first time in years, aiming to process it into refined white rice for ex...
IIT Guwahati develops silica nanoparticle-coated cotton fabric for efficient oil-water separation; aids in clearing oil spillsResearchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have developed a silica nanoparticles coated cotton fabric that can separa...
IIT-Guwahati develops fabric that can separate oil from water, help in tackling marine pollutionThe aim is to convert an agricultural waste into a sustainable value-added product to mitigate marine oil pollution, he said.
Export duty on husk rice scrappedOfficials said the duty was scrapped after review of rice stocks. The exemption will be effective from April 11. The centre in September, 2...
India imposes 20% export duty on riceAs per a release by the Department of revenue ,under the Ministry of Finance, the 20 per cent levy will be levied on export of rice in the ...
Non-basmati rice exports grow by 109% since 2013-14Apart from parboiled variety, broken rice, rice in husk, husked brown rice and milled rice were also exported, according to Agricultural an...
Chhattisgarh advises centre to set up biofuel units using paddy huskChhattisgarh government has offered the Centre a solution to the problem of stubble burning in fields—set up ethanol or biofuel units using...
Goodyear working on extracting silica from rice husk ash for use in tyres: Surendra Chawla"Traditionally, we use carbon black to provide strength to rubber. But silica has certain unique properties over carbon black."
How Goodyear Tyre plans to procure silica at low-cost'The concept came to us at a conference in the United States for small business innovations and research. Here, we saw one of these small b...
Goodyear uses rice husk to manufacture tyresGoodyear today announced it will utilize ash left over from the burning of rice husks to produce electricity as an environmentally friendly...
- Usher Agro to extract silica from rice husk ash
Mumbai-based Usher Agro, a rice and wheat processor that came out with a QIP recently, has procured license for silica precipitation techno...
- Why wait for gas? NRIs power West Champaran with rice husk
A small group of US-based NRIs have set up rice husk-based power-generating units in the area, lighting up some 500-700 households spread o...
- Rice husk power: Virginia venture for Bihar villages
Two Virginia University students have started a project with an India-based partner to supply electricity to villages in Bihar by burning r...
- Usher Agro mulls Rs 45 crore expansion programme
Usher Agro Ltd (UAL), a rice and wheat miller, is planning to ramp up its rice milling capacity from 57,600 tonnes per annum (TPA) to 2,57,...