As the Karnataka government is facing difficulty in procuring large quantities of rice, it has decided that instead of providing 5 kg additional rice to beneficiaries as promised under the ‘Anna Bhagya’ scheme, it would give cash at the rate of Rs 34 per kilo. Congress had promised 10 kg of rice per person through […]
The union cabinet has approved the fair and remunerative price for sugarcane farmers at Rs 315 per quintal, which is the highest ever, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said here on Wednesday. He said sugar procurement has increased to Rs 1,13,000 crore and total procurement in the 2014-23 period stands at Rs 7,86,066 crore. Addressing a […]
The central government has decided to release pulses Tur from the national buffer stock in a “calibrated and targeted” manner till imported stocks arrive in the domestic market. The food ministry in a release Tuesday said it has directed National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED) and National Cooperative Consumers Federation (NCCF) to dispose of tur […]
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flagged off containers filled with GI-tagged (Geographical Indication tag) Banarasi Langda mangoes, green chillies and other vegetables from the Integrated Pack House for export on Monday. Adityanath said the farmers of Uttar Pradesh contribute 20 per cent of foodgrains produced in the entire country. “India is rich in fertile land as […]
In a big step towards joining dozens of other nations that currently allow such sales at pharmacies, Japan’s health ministry announced Monday that it will allow the trial sale of emergency contraceptives without a prescription beginning this summer, Kyodo News reported. A ministry panel has approved the sale of so-called morning-after pills at pharmacies that […]
Chairman and Managing Director of Food Corporation of India Ashok KK Meena said that the central government has directed the agency to conduct the e-auctions of wheat and rice to check the “inflationary trends” and to control the price of such staple foodgrains. The maximum quantity that a buyer can bid for is limited to […]
The government on Friday simplified and liberalized the policy for the export of drones and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) meant for civilian end uses from India, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said on Friday. The ministry, in its official release, said that the drones capable of a range equal to or less than 25 […]
The Authority for Consumer Protection and Fair Trade announced Thursday its intention to issue an administrative order to stop violations of monopolistic practices that it charged Israel’s three major soft drink companies to engage in. The companies are the Central Company for the Production of Soft Drinks, Tempo Beverages, and Yapaura-Taburi. The Authority ordered the […]
Over 830 lakh tonne paddy has been procured from farmers at Minimum Support Price (MSP) benefitting about 1.22 crore during the ongoing paddy procurement operations of marketing season 2022-23. Payments worth Rs 171,000 crore have so far been transferred directly into their accounts, an official release from the food ministry said Wednesday. Food Corporation of […]
White House National Security Council (NSC) Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said on Tuesday said that it is up to India to decide to buy Russian oil and hoped that India will continue to buy Russian oil in keeping within the price cap. Speaking on the price cap on Russian oil, Kirby said, “The […]
