Tag: paddy
Govt prohibits exports of broken rice
The government has prohibited the exports of broken rice. According to a notification...
Decision to impose 20 per cent export duty on non-Basmati rice to rein in domestic prices
Two weeks after releasing figures for record rice production and the very next day...
Central team constituted on paddy dwarfing disease; IARI interim report identifies cause of disease
The Central Government seems to be quite worried about the unknown mystery dwarfing...
Fear of decline in rice production looms large as acreage down by 3.1mn ha and mystery ‘dwarfing’ disease hits in Punjab and Haryana
The paddy acreage during the current Kharif season lags behind that last year by...
Paddy acreage falls by 43.83 lakh hectares; foodgrain stocks at 4-year low in central pool
The paddy acreage is lagging behind that last year by 43.83 lakh hectares due to...
Food inflation a thorn in the side of monetary policy: CRISIL report
According to CRISIL Insight, food prices may not climb down this fiscal. And India’s...
Demand to bring PMFBY under state govt; farmers say state govts understand their problems better
Farmer leaders say that crop insurance should be kept under the state government....
Rainfall deficit of 42-53 per cent in several states may adversely affect foodgrain production in Kharif season
The government did not issue the paddy acreage figures last week. The figures issued...
Ease of living not easy when cost of living goes through the roof
The Cost of Living (CoL) is refusing to ease, even if we go by the government data...
Paddy acreage declines by 23.8 per cent in UP and 17 per cent across the country; after wheat, trouble likely on rice front
According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), while there has been 58.58...
CCEA approves hike in MSP for Kharif crops; paddy goes up to Rs 2,040 per quintal
While the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) forecast on Wednesday only that the retail...
Punjab govt urges farmers to go for staggered paddy sowing in view of power crisis
The notification issued by the state government says that if farmers follow a staggered...
Crop residue management technology: Farmers won’t have to burn stubble; soil fertility increases, no pollution
Along with the increase in agricultural production in our country, mechanization...
Punjab govt announces Rs 1,500 per acre aid for direct seeding of rice
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann exhorted the farmers to sow paddy using the DSR technique...
Telangana CM KCR gets Rakesh Tikait’s support against Centre on paddy procurement issue
The controversy between the Centre and the Telangana Government on the paddy procurement...
Bio-fertilizers blue-green algae and Azolla better nitrogen substitutes for crops
Bio-fertilizers blue-green algae and Azolla fix the atmospheric nitrogen in the...
