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Cereal, edible oil prices seen rising, volatility in commodity prices pose upside risk to inflation outlook: RBI bulletin

Despite a significant drop in headline inflation from over 6% in October 2024 to 3.6% in February 2025, food prices, particularly rice...

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Sugar News in English

Sugarcane farmers demand reopening of National Cooperative Sugar Mills at Alanganallur

Sugarcane farmers from Madurai and nearby districts protested outside the Collector’s office, demanding funds to reopen the National Cooperative Sugar Mills in...

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Rice News in English

Government taking stringent measures to check ‘PDS rice mafia’ in Andhra Pradesh, asserts Civil Supplies Minister Nadendla Manohar

Lambasting the previous YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government for “creating an organised mafia” that traded in the rice meant for the Public...

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Rice News in English

Tamil Nadu : 70 tonnes of PDS rice seized in Krishnagiri

Authorities seized over 70 tonnes of rice meant for the Public Distribution System (PDS) in Krishnagiri during two raids by the Civil...

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Rice News in English

Coal power is costing India up to 10% of its rice and wheat crops

A new study by Stanford University researchers reveals that coal-fired power plants are significantly reducing India's rice and wheat yields, with losses...

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Rice News in English

Andhra Pradesh : Civil Supplies authorities seize 92 tonnes of PDS rice at Kakinada Anchorage Port

Kakinada district Civil Supplies authorities have seized 92 tonnes of rice meant for Public Distribution System (PDS) at the entrance of the...

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Sugar News in English

Tamil Nadu : Farmers demand crop insurance for sugarcane, mango

Farmers in Virudhunagar district have demanded implementation of crop insurance schemes for sugarcane and mango trees. They raised the demands at the...

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Sugar News in English

A bid to turn around sugarcane’s bitter past in Telangana

Once a thriving sugarcane farmer, a 55-year-old from Narayankhed, Telangana, shifted to cotton and pulses due to groundwater depletion. Telangana’s once-booming sugar...