"India and Singapore enjoy a very close strategic partnership, characterized by shared interests, close economic ties and strong people-to-people connect. In view of this special relationship, India has decided to allow the export of rice to meet the food security requirements of Singapor
India has introduced additional safeguards on exports of basmati rice so as to prevent exports of non-basmati white rice -- which is presently under the prohibited category.
Commodity-wise, paddy sowing is at 328.22 lakh hectares, as against 312.80 lakh hectares same period last year. Notably, India in July amended the rice export norms by putting non-basmati white rice, a major export item, in the "prohibited" category.
New Delhi [India], August 9: KRBL Limited's India Gate Basmati Rice, the World's No.1 Basmati Rice brand together with the Eat Right India initiative under the aegis of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) flagged off the nationwide ‘Basmati Rice No Compromise’ public int
New Delhi [India], July 31: KRBL Limited’s India Gate Basmati Rice, the World’s No.1 Basmati Rice brand, has announced a pan-India 360-degree awareness campaign to drive consumer and trade awareness around the recently released regulations of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
During an interview on ‘Good Morning Kuwait’ released by the Embassy of India in Kuwait on Thursday, the Indian envoy said that there are several products like automobiles, and ceramic products, where lies huge scope of diversification in terms of exports from India.
After scanning the aisles at the local Patel Brothers, Apna Bazaar, Lotte Plaza and other South Asian grocery stores for Sona Massori, a staple rice relished by her mother in law and son, Aruna was relieved not to have returned home empty handed but with a bag of rice.
The export policy relating to non-basmati white rice (Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed: Other) has been revised from "free" to "prohibited"
India is the leading producer and exporter of Basmati rice because major amount and varieties of Basmati rice are produced in the Indian subcontinent's Himalayan region.
For the first time in the country, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has specified the identity standards for basmati rice, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Thursday.
According to the provisional data released by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S), the overall export of agricultural and processed food products has witnessed a growth of 25 per cent during April-September 2022.