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Farmers have raised concerns after the State government reduced the list of fine variety paddy seeds eligible for the Rs 500 bonus from 33 to eight. Growers fear the move may gradually end the incentive scheme despite higher cultivation risks and costs.

Chief Minister Revanth Reddy urged the Centre to procure 30 LMT of boiled rice from Telangana and release pending dues of Rs 1,468.94 crore. Union Minister Pralhad Joshi gave in-principle approval, while discussions also covered Fortified Rice Kernel distribution.

Delay in shifting old stock of normal variety rice from ration shops in Karimnagar district is causing storage issues for dealers. With worms affecting piled-up rice, beneficiaries are refusing supplies, forcing dealers to seek urgent government intervention.

The Indian government has more rice and wheat than needed for welfare schemes. These extra stocks are sold to control prices and inflation. Bharat Atta and Bharat Rice are also sold at lower rates. Stock limits are imposed to prevent hoarding

Rice distribution has been delayed in several fair price shops across Karimnagar and nearby districts due to a shortage of transport vehicles, as lorries were diverted for paddy procurement following unseasonal rains. Beneficiaries have been forced to return empty-handed.

People were seen standing in queues in front of ration shops right from morning. In some areas, ration cards and empty rice bags were placed in queue lines. Distribution of rice was resumed after the problem was rectified.

Achieving self-sufficiency in pulse production will be a sustainable path to India’s nutritional needs

Twenty of them discharged, the other 30 students undergoing treatment; none are in critical condition, say docs

With no one else left to take care of her, she was depressed on how she could spend the remaining years of life. That is when she got the idea of approaching the police.

Owing to the export ban, falling onion prices and agrarian crisis is a key poll issue in the area where BJP and Shiv Sena (Shinde) leaders are facing farmers' ire during the poll campaign.

A total of 24,197 metric tonnes of paddy grains produced in the Vanakalam season-2023 was handed over to millers expecting 16,211 metric tonnes of rice to be returned by May 15 this year.

The exports of these commodities to these countries are permitted through National Cooperative Exports Limited, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade said in its notification.

G R Anil, Kerala Minister for Food and Civil Supplies called on Uttam Kumar at the latter's chambers in Secretariat.

Decline in cultivation of fine variety paddy and export of rice to other states are main reasons for the shoot up of price.

The central government has extended the 20 per cent export duty on parboiled rice till March 31, 2024

He also said there is an adequate supply of wheat, rice, sugar, and edible oils in the country.

Nepal has requested India to provide one million tonnes of paddy, 100,000 tonnes of rice, and 50,000 tonnes of sugar, Commerce and Supplies Ministry Joint Secretary Ram Chandra Tiwari said

That brings the increase in prices to almost 50 per cent in the past year.

People are flocking to stores and food grain supply chains, and Indian stores worldwide are witnessing increased demand as well.

Hospital superintendent Dr. Rama Swamy told the media that the doctor’s team found the girl’s right eye, from which the particles were said to be discharged, to be physically normal and with no health issues