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UP's exports have increased 400 times in last 4 years: CM
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"India is rich in fertile land as compared to other countries. In the last three to four years, exports from Uttar Pradesh have increased 400 times. UP alone exports products worth more than Rs 19,000 crore rupees and the target is to double the figure. The income of farmers has more than do
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Govt directs FCI to conduct e-auctions of wheat, rice to check inflation
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
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.
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Record 330.5 million tonne foodgrain estimated for 2022-23 crop year: Govt
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Third advance estimates of production of major crops for the agricultural year 2022-23 have been released by the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. Total foodgrain production in the country is estimated at a record 330.5 million tonnes which is higher by about 15 million tonn
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India sets record foodgrain production target of 332 million tonnes for 20
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The Union agriculture ministry has set a target of a record 3,320 lakh tonnes (332 million tonnes) of foodgrains for the year 2023-24 as against the latest estimate of 3,235 lakh tonnes produced the previous year.
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Vulnerability of agriculture to monsoon shock has reduced: India Ratings
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to India Ratings, at the all-India level, the area under irrigation was 54.32 per cent in 2018-19 (FY19) compared with 41.7 per cent in 1996-97. As a result, the correlation between the kharif foodgrain output and monsoon rains from June till September was 0.4 over FY13-FY21 compar
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Dr Sameer Bhati, Director, Star Imaging has been appointed as a Member of
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI/PNN): The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, the Government of India has appointed a Public Health Expert, Dr Sameer Bhati as a 'Member of the Consultative Committee' in the Food Corporation of India (FCI) for NCT of Delhi. These me
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FCI sold 18 lakh tonne wheat at auctions to contain prices
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
On January 25, the government announced its agency FCI would offload 30 lakh tonnes of wheat from the central pool in the markets under the Open Market Sale Scheme, within the next two months, to contain the rising domestic prices of the staple foodgrain.
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Punjab: CBI searches several locations linked to FCI officials over allege
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The CBI on Tuesday conducted searches at over 30 locations in Punjab, including Rajpura, Patiala, Sarhind, Fatehgarh Sahib, Mohali, Sonam, Moga, Firozapur, Ludhiana, Sangrur, at the premises of Food Corporation of India (FCI) officials, said sources.
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Govt further reduces wheat auction prices to check inflation
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
On January 25, the government said FCI would offload 30 lakh tonnes of wheat from the central pool in the markets under the Open Market Sale Scheme, within the next two months, for containing the rising domestic prices of the staple foodgrain.
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Piyush Goyal puts thrust on modern technologies for foodgrain storage mana
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Piyush Goyal reviewed the operations of its procuring agency Food Corporation of India UP Region in Lucknow on Sunday.
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Nation Food Security Act provides coverage of 75 pc rural, 50 pc urban pop
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on Friday informed, that under the National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA), while Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) households that constitute the poorest of the poor are legally entitled to receive 35 kg of foodg
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Wheat auction makes impact on ground, prices retreat over 10 per cent
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
On January 25, the government said FCI will offload 30 lakh tonnes of wheat from the central pool in the markets under the Open Market Sale Scheme, within the next two months, for containing the rising domestic prices of the staple foodgrain.
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