India has once again utilized the World Trade Organisation peace clause. This is the seventh time the country has invoked this provision. I...

The WTO landscape is heating up as India encounters objections from the US, Australia, Paraguay, and Ukraine regarding its agricultural sup...

India has lodged a diplomatic protest with Thailand over comments made by the Thai ambassador to the World Trade Organization, Pimchanok Vo...

Officials said Pimchanok Vonkorpon Pitfield has been asked to report back to Thailand by the Thai foreign secretary, who is attending the W...

“It [the BJP] rescinded the FCI’s sale order of June 12th with the sole intention of sabotaging the Congress' Anna Bhagya which is unique t...

In the ensuing Rabi season, it is expected that around 10 lakh tonne of CMR will be procured in the state, he said. "Thus, a total of 54 la...

The entire cost of rice fortification - around Rs 2,700 crore per annum - would be borne by the government of India as part of food subsidy...

The entire cost of rice fortification of about Rs 2,700 crore per annum and would be borne by the central government.

Paddy procurement in the current kharif marketing season till Thursday was 1.4 million tonnes higher than a year ago. As much as 23.5 milli...

The government is targetting total procurement of 300 lakh tonnes, of which 69 lakh tonnes would be purchased from five north eastern state...

Government's rice procurement declined marginally by 3 per cent to 34.1 million tonnes in the 2012-13 marketing year that ended last month.

Despite a significant increase in support prices and bumper production of rice, farmers in eastern states are forced to sell the grain at m...

Rice procurement by government agencies upto October 15 this year is well below the quantity bought in the same period last year.

Last year, Indians consumed 88.25 million tonnes (mt) of rice, compared to an output of 92 mt, a gap of 4 mt.

It wasn’t just wheat but also rice that went through the import-option treatment from the government this year.

The Centre has estimated the procurement of rice during kharif marketing season ’06-07 at 250-270 lakh tonnes. The preliminary estimate eme...

The Centre has estimated the procurement of rice during Kharif Marketing Season 2006-07 at 250 to 270 lakh tonnes in all.