Hindustan Times, Author at AgriInsite

Punjab farmer unions term Centre’s wheat MSP hike as peanuts

Farmers' unions in Punjab criticized the Centre's recent ₹150 increase in the minimum support price (MSP) for wheat, calling it insufficient and...

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Rice News in English

Punjab: Rice millers hesitant to shell PR126 variety

In Punjab, only 10% of rice millers are willing to shell the PR126 paddy variety, citing concerns about its lower out-turn ratio...

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Rice News in English

Punjab paddy procurement: Amid bumper yield, tardy lifting a concern

In the first 15 days of Punjab's paddy procurement season, only 10% of the 11.10 lakh tonnes received has been lifted due...

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Edible Oil News in English

Adulterated mustard oil behind 3 dropsy deaths in Nabha: Patiala report

Three members of the family died in September, with two women aged 26 and 32, succumbing at private hospitals, while a 72-year-old...

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Rice News in English

Rice export and its discontents

India's rice export restrictions aim to control domestic food inflation and ensure supplies for local consumers. While such policies may benefit low-income...

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Rice News in English

Number Theory: The method behind government’s vacillations on rice export

The government of India lifted its ban on non-basmati white rice exports on September 28, 2024, more than a year after it...

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Rice News in English

FCI to move out 15 lakh tonnes of rice from Punjab by October-end

Punjab food and civil supplies minister Lal Chand Kataruchak announced that 40 lakh tonnes of rice will be moved out of the...

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Ethanol & Bioenergy News in English

Ludhiana: Day after CM assurance, biogas plant resumes operation

After assurances from Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann that the biogas plant at Ghungrali Rajputan would operate per environmental norms, the plant resumed...