Globally 30 percent of the food produced never reaches to a human stomach (FAO, 2021). Tackling food loss and waste benefits the climate, food security, and sustainability of agri-food systems. India suffers a food loss of about Rs. 1.53 lakh crores (USD 18.5 billion) every year as per the latest …
Interview with Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. BHUPINDER SINGH HOODA, who defeated the late Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal four times in parliamentary polls from his home town, Rohtak, is serving his first term as the Chief Minister of Haryana. Hooda, who humbled many political heavyweights, including former Chief …
Bhanu P Lohumi Tribune News Service Karnal, January 22 While rice exporters in Pakistan are ill at ease with the abolition of the export duty of Rs 8,000 per tonne on basmati by the Indian Government, Indian basmati exporters are not happy as their plea for reducing the minimum export …
Prabha Jagannathan NEW DELHI A MINISTERIAL panel has decided to abolish export cess on basmati rice and reduce the floor price for overseas sales of the staple amid forecasts of good harvest. The government had imposed a cess of Rs 8,000/tonne in April 2008 on basmati exports to boost domestic …
Ruchika M. Khanna Tribune News Service Chandigarh, January 20 The Empowered Group of Ministers today decided to remove the export cess on basmati rice and reduce the Minimum Export Price (MEP) by $100 per tonne. This cess of Rs 8,000 per tonne was imposed by the Centre in April 2008, …
Prabha Jagannathan NEW DELHI A TOP government panel slated to meet on Tuesday might revoke the export cess on basmati rice, according to a senior official who asked not to be identified. A meeting of the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) may cancel the Rs 8,000-per-tonne cess on basmati exports, …
Lucknow: It is said to surpass all qualities of basmati except the length of the latter. But surprisingly, Kalanamak, a fragrant variety of rice and named thus as its husk is black, isn
Sandeep Joshi Joint registration of Geographical Indication put on hold: Ramesh NEW DELHI: India has strongly objected to Pakistan allowing its farmers
Among developing countries, one can identify both proponents and opponents of extending the use of geographical indications (GIs) beyond wines and spirits. Such an extension is currently being discussed under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) of the World Trade Organization. While labeling is mostly based …
It has a prized aroma, an impeccabits pedigree and an awesome global reputation. None of this has helped Basmati to get the special label it deserves. Basmati is to India
Press Trust Of India / Islamabad November 10, 2008, 0:45 IST India and Pakistan decided on Saturday to mount a joint defence to prevent the unauthorised use of basmati rice, a common heritage of the two countries. At the conclusion of two-day talks here on registering the
The state Government will soon declare new sugarcane price for the farmers, which would be the highest in the country, said Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The CM said that sugarcane growers in the state were presently getting Rs 138 per quintal for sugarcane. Efforts were also being made …
Scented rices have been known in the Indian subcontinent since the times of Charaka [600 BC] and Susruta [200 BC]. These rices have played an important role in many regional economies, and have been the favorites of kings, religious heads, royalty and the elite of society. Most of these rices …
Two representatives of the World Bank met the farmers at village Sunpura in Vidisha district yesterday and held discussions with them on issues pertaining to agriculture. They enquired as to what crops they take in which season, which variety of seeds they use, quantum of production, marketing of their produce …
NEW DELHI: The Centre, battling shortage of food grains and double-digit inflation, got a significant relief on Monday from the Supreme Court, which imposed an interim ban on further export of non-basmati rice. This interim order came on the Centre's petition questioning the decisions of various high courts to allow …
The government is likely to notify Pusa 1121 rice variety, which is the world's longest grain, as basmati, as a ban on shipment of non-basmati rice prevents its sale abroad. "The agriculture ministry is likely to send a proposal either this week or next week to the cabinet for approving …
India will review bans on exports of wheat and basmati rice, but shipments of other grades of rice will not be allowed at least until November, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said. India last exported wheat in the 2003-04 fiscal year and became an importer in the past two years, …
