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West Asia conflict deals a double whammy to India’s farm sector: pre-harvest cost pressures, post-harvest shipping delaysSupply shocks, export disruptions, and labour shortages caused by the Iran war are beginning to strain India’s agriculture despite ample fo...
Bharat rice not subsidised, its sale price higher than what it costs: Kerala CM Pinarayi VijayanVijayan, after launching the Kerala government's 'Sabari K rice' which will be sold through state-run SupplyCo outlets at Rs 29 and Rs 30 p...
Opposition gives notice on GST rate hike, Agnipath scheme in ParliamentCongress MP Manickam Tagore gave the adjournment notice in the Lok Sabha. "To discuss the imposing levy of 5 per cent GST on essential comm...
GST on pre-packed labelled food items to increase traders' compliance burden, raise prices: CAITCAIT Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal said that to protest against this decision of the GST Council, the traders' delegation will meet ...
Delhi government notifies scheme for doorstep delivery of rationThe 'Mukhya Mantri Ghar Ghar Ration Yojna' (MMGGRY) under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) of the National Food Security Act,...
Govt approves mandatory packaging of food grains, 20% sugar in jute bagsThe decision also mandates that initially 10% of the indents of jute bags for packing food grains would be placed through a reverse auction...
Government approves alternative bags made of polymer to package foodgrainsThe COVID-19 related lockdown has affected the working in the jute mills thereby disrupting the production of jute bags. Textiles ministry ...
Cabinet approves extension of jute packaging norms for foodgrains, sugar"The approval will benefit farmers and workers located in the Eastern and North Eastern regions of the country particularly in the states o...
Companies fear losing out to unregistered foodgrain brandsIn the present VAT regime, registered packed rice, wheat flour and gram flour are exempt from tax but in the recently declared schedule of ...
28 jute mills closed in India in FY16: GovtUnder the Act, government has mandated 90 per cent of foodgrains and 20 per cent of sugar be packed in jute bags. The annual subsidy for th...
Government approves mandatory jute packaging for foodgrains, sugarThe government approved mandatory use of jute packaging material for foodgrains and sugar, a move which will provide relief to 3.7 lakh jut...
Budget 2015: Service tax relief to storage services for fruits, vegetablesThe government also clarified that service tax exemption to transportation of 'food stuff' by rail, vessels or road, will be limited to foo...
Govt mulls supplying packed foodgrains via ration shopsIn order to plug leakages in PDS and supply quality foodgrain under the new food law to 67% of the country's population, govt is looking at...
Tonnes of wheat turn to waste in scarcity-hit GujaratWheat enough to feed more than 5,000 people for more than a year has been left to rot at the Vadodara railway station even as the current s...
- Nearly 1 lakh tonne foodgrain lost in FCI godowns: K V Thomas, Food minister
'These losses occurred due to "draige of moisture, long storage, rat & bird trouble, multiple handling by labourers and spillage etc.'
- Govt says only jute bags for grains
CCEA at its meeting evening finally approved status quo ante for the jute reservation order at 100% for both foodgrain and sugar during 200...
- 'Continue to pack sugar, foodgrains in jute bag'
Govt extends compulsory packing of foodgrains and sugar in bags made of jute for another year till June 30, 2008.
- Jute industry cries foul over plastic bag
The jute industry is upset by the report that the DGS&D has again invited two fresh tenders for procurement of 100 lakh woven HDPE/PP bags,...
- Jute industry takes a hit on packaging order row
The domestic jute industry is worried over the rampant violation of mandatory jute packaging order by large group of sugar companies, parti...
- Cigarettes, gutka to cost more; mobile phones cheaper in Delhi
NEW DELHI: Cigarattes, gutka, pan masala (without tobacco), smoking mixture and other tobacco products will become costlier in Delhi with a...