Paddy worth Rs 47,644 cr bought at MSP benefitting 13.5 lakh farmers

Nov 12, 2022

For the Kharif crop of the current marketing season 2022-23, a quantity of 771 lakh tonne Paddy (518 lakh tonne in terms of Rice)...

Former Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik extends Akshaya Tritiya greetings

Apr 30, 2025

Akshaya Tritiya is celebrated during the commencement of the sowing of rice paddy for the ensuing Kharif season in Odisha.

Procurement of paddy, rice from Telangana increases threefold: Centre

Dec 21, 2021

New Delhi [India], December 21 : Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said...

India’s kharif crop planting area rises; paddy leading year-on-year

Aug 13, 2023

Commodity-wise, paddy sowing is at 328.22 lakh hectares, as against 312.80 lakh hectares same period last year. Notably, India in July amended the rice...

Centre imposes 20 pc export duty on non-Basmati rice

Sep 08, 2022

New Delhi [India], September 8 : The Centre on Thursday imposed a 20 per cent export duty on non-Basmati rice, except for parboiled rice,...

Govt bans export of broken rice; imposes 20 pc duty on exports of non-Basmati rice

Sep 09, 2022

New Delhi [India], September 9 : The government has banned the exports of broken rice and imposed a 20 per cent duty on exports...