Rice
- Telangana
Rice gets costlier in Telangana, no mechanism to control
Hyderabad: In the absence of price control mechanism in the Telangana state, the prices of commodities, especially rice, have started recording a huge increase and it is being said that the price…
- India
Goa court directs to release rice, wheat seized during raids in Nov
Panaji: A Goa court in its three different orders has directed the Crime Branch of the police to release a large quantity of rice and wheat that were seized during raids conducted…
- Telangana
Telangana: CM KCR waives CST on rice exports
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) on November 28 waived the Central Sales Tax (CST) on rice produced in Telangana and exported to other states. It is to be noted…
- Hyderabad
India needs 108 mn ton of foodgrains a year to be distributed to the poor: Goyal
Hyderabad: The country needs 108 million tonnes of foodgrains every year to support 80 crore poor people who get 10 kg of rice or wheat every month, under the Prime Minister Garib…
- Telangana
Telangana govt’s free rice scheme benefits poor
Hyderabad: A free rice scheme, started by the Telangana government under which 10 kg of rice is distributed per person free of cost to eligible cardholders, is benefitting the poor of the…
- India
Prices of essential food items significantly spike
New Delhi: The average retail prices of essential food items, including rice, wheat and atta, have significantly increase in the last one year. The prices of wheat and atta have gone up…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Bagara Khana-Dalcha makes a comeback in hotels
Hyderabad: It’s Friday and if you are in any local hotel in the old city, the aroma of Bagara rice prepared in hotel kitchens is sure to attract you. Bagara Khana with…
- Telangana
Telangana: PDS rice worth Rs 4.19 lakh seized in Jangaon
Hyderabad: Six people were held in Jangaon on Wednesday by the local task force police with 131 quintals of rice. The rice worth Rs 4,19,200 was meant for distribution under the Public…
- Business
Broken rice in transit with certain conditions now allowed for export till September 30
New Delhi : Exports of broken rice will be now allowed till September 30, including for where loading of broken rice on the ship has commenced before the initial ban order came…
- India
Centre bans rice export
New Delhi: The Central government has banned the export of broken rice with effect from Friday. The decision comes immediately after a 20 per cent export duty was levied on various grades…
- India
India: Rice production may fall by 12 mn tonne in Kharif season: Food Secretary
New Delhi: India’s rice production could fall by 10-12 million tonnes during the Kharif season of this year, due to a fall in paddy sowing area, the government said on Friday. However,…
- Business
Government imposes 20% export duty on rice
New Delhi: Owing to poor rain in major rice producing states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal, the Centre on Thursday imposed 20 per cent duty on export of various grades…
- Telangana
Bandi Sanjay applauds Centre’s procurement of parboiled rice
Hyderabad: Telangana BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar welcomed the Centre’s decision to purchase an additional 8 lakh tonnes of parboiled rice from the state, saying it revealed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and…
- Telangana
‘Telangana has a failed govt,’ says Piyush Goyal, slams KCR
Hyderabad: Union minister for food and public distribution Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday that the central government is trying to improve centre-state relationships, but the government of Telangana is completely non-cooperative. He…
- Andhra Pradesh
Godavari flood swells in AP, several villages marooned
Amaravati: Flood flow at the Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage at Dowaleswaram near Rajamahendravaram in Andhra Pradesh crossed the 24 lakh cusecs mark on Saturday morning and is expected to go further up…
