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Crop burning: Inside Punjab’s broken paddy supply chain fuelled by politics and mismanagementGovernment purchase of paddy is going slow in Punjab due to shortage of warehouse space. Farmers, on their part, are delaying harvesting, l...
High temperatures help improve paddy qualityHowever, the heatwave has posed challenges for the production of rice-bran oil, with manufacturers facing a shortage of labor. Rice-bran oi...
Relax paddy procurement norms to help farmers in rain-hit Cauvery delta, TN CM urges PM ModiReady for harvest paddy crops spread over one lakh hectares in Cauvery delta region has submerged following unseasonal rainfall, Tamil Nadu...
Himanta Biswa Sarma asks district administration to ensure ‘accident-free New Year’Sarma reviewed the measures taken for enforcement of road safety, selection of beneficiaries under Orunodoi 2.0, implementation of Amrit Sa...
September deluge stalls kharif harvesting, damages crops"The impact of this untimely rain will not be good for the standing crop. The quality will go down and the colour will change. The marketin...
Assam government to organize special gaon sabha on January 16The Chief Minister said that due to lack of proper procurement mechanism and committed efforts, majority of the paddy produced in the state...
Paddy procurement to commence in Punjab, Haryana from October 3"I am happy that the Union Consumer Affairs Minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey has accepted our request, and procurement will start in Haryana ...
Charanjit Singh Channi meets PM, discusses farm laws, paddy procurementCharanjit Singh Channi met PM Modi in Delhi and demanded repeal of the three farm laws and that paddy procurement on MSP be started early a...
Clear conspiracy to end paddy procurement at MSP: SurjewalaCrop procurement is undertaken by the central government's nodal agency Food Corporation of India along with state agencies. The Centre on ...
Assam plans to incentivise entrepreneurs to set up rice millsFCI officials present at the meeting informed that the organisation follows strict guideline regarding moisture content in purchasing paddy...
UP govt eases e-procurement norms for small farmersThe Uttar Pradesh government has eased e-procurement norms of paddy from small and marginal farmers, allowing them to sell up to 100 quinta...
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.
Heavy rains hit paddy, cotton crops hardIn Punjab, paddy growing is preferred in low-lying areas to ensure additional availability of water but it has caused water logging in such...
Opposition targets Haryana goverment on 'paddy scam', demands probeThe House had taken up the discussion on a 'calling attention' motion moved separately by the Congress and INLD which was later clubbed.
At nearly 53 lakh mt, Haryana records higher paddy arrivalHaryana saw more than 52.92 lakh mt of paddy arrival in the grain market during the current kharif season as against about 40.09 lakh mt du...
Bengal CM wants PM to waive and restructure loans of farmersMamata Banerjee has suggested to the prime minister to waive loans by farmers who cultivated potato and paddy in kharif and rabi seasons.
Paddy harvesting begins in Punjab; government to procure 120 lakh tonnesAgriculture Minister Kairon demanded that the Centre direct state-run FCI to accept rice that has moisture level of up to 14& with 1% value...