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Pakistan : Strategy devised to stabilise sugar market

To prevent a sugar shortage and price hikes, Pakistan will import 350,000 tonnes in two phases through the Trading Corporation of Pakistan....

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Sugar News in English

Pakistan : TCP to import 0.35m tonnes of sugar

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will import 350,000 tonnes of sugar in two phases via the Trading Corporation of Pakistan to curb prices and ensure...

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Sugar News in English

India Potash Limited to revive two defunct sugar mills in Odisha

The Odisha government has approved India Potash Limited’s proposal to revive two defunct sugar mills in Balangir and Cuttack. IPL plans to...

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Maize News in English

India’s maize productivity is low, except in high-yield states.

India’s maize yield averages 3.5 tonnes/ha, below the global 6 tonnes. States like West Bengal and Bihar exceed this due to rabi-season...

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Sugar News in English

Pakistan : Notices issued to sugar mills for rehearing in cartelisation case

The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has summoned the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) and member mills for a rehearing on cartelisation...

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Sugar News in English

Sugar industry worried as ethanol allocation tilts towards grain

India’s sugar industry, once buoyed by the ethanol blending programme, now faces a policy hurdle. Ethanol from sugarcane, once 70% of supply,...

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Edible Oil News in English

Centre plans to make registration mandatory for vegetable oil units

Amid rising edible oil prices, the government has proposed changes to the 2011 Vegetable Oil Products, Production and Availability (Regulation) Order. The...

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Edible Oil News in English

Govt seeks public input on draft order to regulate vegetable oil industry

The Union Food Ministry’s draft 2025 Vegetable Oil Products, Production and Availability (VOPPA) Regulation Order aims to modernize the outdated 2011 rules....