| Govt may import up to 2 MT rice | 04-NOV-09 |
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| The government is planning to import up to two million tonnes of rice to augment domestic supply, as production of the foodgrain is projected to decline due to the twin impact of drought and floods. The Centre, which had scrapped import duty on rice last month, may also consider incentivising imports, sources said. |
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| Govt to ban wheat, non-basmati exports | 25-JUL-09 |
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| Concerned over the impact of deficient rainfall on agricultural productivity, the government today said it would stop all exports of non-basmati rice and wheat. This was announced by Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar in the Rajya Sabha. |
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| UPDATE:Govt to add storage capacity to beat space crunch | 21-JUL-09 |
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| "It is proposed to create 20 lakh tonnes of storage capacity in the country under the rural godown scheme during 2009-10," Minister of State for Agriculture K V Thomas said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today. |
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| Farm output will drop if monsoon delays beyond Aug: Pawar | 11-JUL-09 |
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| The agriculture production in the country would drop if the monsoon in the country does not revive latest by August. However, it would still not be a case of concern with respect to availability of food grains, according to union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar. |
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| Govt plans to use hessian bags for packaging | 01-JUL-09 |
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| Faced with a shortfall of 7.6 lakh bales of gunny bags for procurement of food grains by the government procuring agencies in 2009-10, the Centre is exploring the possibility of using high-density polyethylene bags, polypropylene bags and old gunny bags for paddy packaging. |
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| Wheat procurement crosses 24.6 million tonnes | 22-JUN-09 |
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| Wheat procurement by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and other state agencies have crossed 246 lakh tonnes so far in the 2009-10 marketing season on the back of higher minimum support price. |
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| Jute mills sore over standing committee dilution proposal | 02-JUN-09 |
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| The jute mills across the country are sore with the recommendations of the Centre’s Standing Advisory Committee to allow a dilution of up to 25 per cent in the use of jute bags for packaging foodgrains meant for government procurement. |
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| UP wheat procurement target up 1.2 MT | 15-MAY-09 |
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| Amid bumper wheat production and procurement, the Uttar Pradesh government has hiked the procurement target to 3.2 million tonnes (MT) from 2 MT earlier. |
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| Wheat prices ruling 20% below MSP in UP | 05-MAY-09 |
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| The government has so far procured 20.36 million tonnes of wheat and may go on to procure 23-24 million tonnes, comfortably above last year’s record 22.5 million tonnes. However procurement in Uttar Pradesh is still going slow. |
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