The Hindu Businessline

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  Rice News in English

  Govt purchases 95% of rice produced in Chhattisgarh, open market availability dips 

  Data shows that FCI through State agencies has purchased 74 lt of rice, whereas the Agriculture Ministry data show the production at...

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  Rice News in English

  All’s not well on the rice front 

  With production projected to be lower this year, water levels in reservoirs precariously low and export curbs not effective enough, rice prices...

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  Rice News in English

  Fall in West Bengal output drags India’s rice production

  State slips to fourth from top slot, Telangana climbs the ladder to second spot According to the latest crop estimates released by...

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  English

  GAIL, ONGC & Shell sign MoU to explore opportunities for ethanol import

  State-run GAIL (India) said on Thursday that it has signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Oil and Natural Gas Corporation...

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  English

  Maharashtra sugar production down 4% so far this season

  Sugar mills in Maharashtra have crushed 944.82 lakh tonnes (lt) of sugarcane to date, producing 95.29 lt of sugar. Out of the total 207 mills that...

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  English

  Cooperative sugar mills urge Centre to divert surplus sugar output to ethanol

  The National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories Ltd (NFCSF) has urged the government to allow the diversion of 18 lakh tonnes of...

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  English

  Indian Meteorological Department has good news for wheat farmers

  The wheat crop, which has been estimated at a record 112.02 million tonnes by the government, may be spared by nature this time...

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  English

  Maharashtra’s sugar crushing season extends as mills face cane cutter shortage

  The crushing season of sugar mills in Maharashtra has been extended this season, with 884.46 lakh tonnes (lt) of sugarcane crushed to produce 8.845 million tonnes (mt) of...

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  English

  Record mustard output of 14 million tonnes drags prices below MSP

  As the new mustard crop has started arriving, farmers are disappointed with prices ruling below the minimum support price (MSP) in the...