Centre procures 60.63 lakh tonnes of paddy so far in Punjab; Rs 1,22,00 cr paid to farmers till Oct 28The Centre announced that as of October 28, 2024, it has procured 60.63 lakh tonnes of paddy in Punjab, disbursing Rs 12,200 crore to farme...
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...
Prices of parboiled rice surge 12 per cent as global demand picks upOverseas demand for parboiled rice has shot up following the Centre's decision to ban the export of raw, white rice on July 20, given appre...
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 ...
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...
Haryana to relax time for mills for rice deliveryAs per Haryana’s policy for 2018, by the end of September millers had to return entire 67% of the custom milled rice (CMR) from the paddy p...
Rice millers seek exemption as environment body extends shutdownThe ban on such operations has been extended beyond November 10 after air-quality nosedived in Delhi post Diwali.
Environment Pollution Control Authority shuts NCR rice millsThe measure will not only affect NCR’s mills but also farmers in paddy-growing states as mills restrict purchase of basmati to check losses...
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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...
- Smoke from field fires can travel up to 1,000km: Study
The fires that raged through Punjab since the last week of October — deliberately caused by farmers to clear paddy stubbles and ready the f...
- 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,...