In September 2024, rice prices in Japan surged by 48% compared to the previous year, driven by rising production costs and heightened...
Punjab farmers are struggling during the paddy harvesting season, facing losses due to procurement delays and lack of storage. Many are forced...
The government has reduced the import duty and regulatory duty on rice imports and withdrawn the advance tax to make rice more...
Punjab Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa has criticized Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for "mismanagement" during the rice procurement crisis, claiming that rice...
Floods in Bangladesh have devastated rice production, destroying an estimated 1.1 million metric tons, according to the agriculture ministry. In response to...
The Indian government is scrapping the $490 per tonne minimum export price on non-basmati white rice and the 10% export duty on...
Punjab has procured 16.37 lakh metric tonnes of paddy so far, with 2.62 lakh MT lifted from state mandis. Amid protests by...
The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad is working on developing new plant varieties, including low glycemic index and...
India exported 16.5 million tonnes of rice in 2023-2024, with basmati rice accounting for 5.24 million tonnes, a 15% increase from the...