Tag: FCI
India’s foodgrains exports under WTO scanner
During the deliberations in the Committee on Agriculture, several countries, including...
109.78 lt wheat procured so far; fear of decline in production may ruin huge export possibilities
According to the FCI, a total of 109.78 lt of wheat has been procured in the country...
Wheat turns from unwanted foodgrain stock to gold due to Russia-Ukraine war
With a steep rise in wheat prices in the global market due to the Russia-Ukraine...
UP clocks 1.1 mt in paddy procurement
Even as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is making a desperate farm outreach...
Reforms mean controlling input costs; food subsidy goes to run ration shops, not pocketed by farmers
There is a strong disappointment amongst those who feel that the repeal of the three...
Paddy procurement starts in Punjab and Haryana on Oct 3; decision to delay procurement would have virtually negated scientific achievements
When on Oct 2 the farmers in Haryana and Punjab protested the central government’s...
Medicinal plants finding favour with UP farmers
Uttar Pradesh government is looking at encouraging farmers to take up farming of...
Nafed launches Fortified Rice Bran Oil to boost healthy living
The rice bran oil from Nafed will be fortified and it will be ensured that it will...
Despite farm protests, UP wheat procurement jumps 40 per cent to 5 million tonnes
Despite ongoing farm protests against the new central laws, the Uttar Pradesh wheat...
UP wheat procurement hits million-tonne mark despite the pandemic
The nearly 6,000 procurement centres set up by the state agencies and the FCI in...
Amid Covid-19 curbs, UP ropes in farm entrepreneurs to procure wheat
Amid rising Covid-19 cases and stiffening curbs, including night curfew and containment...
IIM Lucknow to help in Modernisation of UP Farm Mandis
The UP Agricultural Marketing Board (Mandi Parishad) meeting here chaired by state...
