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India to deliver 1,000 metric tonnes rice, 1 lakh HCQ tablets to drought-h
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 2 (ANI): India on Monday announced it will send a consignment of 1,000 metric tonnes of rice and 100,000 tablets of Hydroxychloroquine to drought-hit Madagascar.
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IndianOil to expand Panipat refinery with capex of Rs 32,946 crore
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 27 (ANI): Oil marketing firm IndianOil Corporation (IOC) is expanding its Panipat refinery's capacity from 15 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA) to 25 MMTPA at a cost of Rs 32,946 crore.
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India gifts 2000 metric tonnes of rice to Syria to strengthen food securit
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 12 (ANI): India has gifted 2000 metric tonnes of rice to Syria with an aim to strengthen food security in the middle eastern country.
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Chhattisgarh CM meets Piyush Goel to demand increase of paddy procurement
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 6 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Friday met Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Piyush Goyal in New Delhi and demanded the increase in the permitted amount of 24 lakh metric tonnes of rice that can be procured under the central pool i
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U'kand aims to produce 500 metric tonnes wool by 2023-2024 under Structure
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], January 30 (ANI): In accordance with a call given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to double the farmers' income, the Uttarakhand government had launched the Structured Breeding Programme through Merino sheep imported from Australia in the state.
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Paddy procurement rises by 24.98 pc compared to last year
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare announced on Tuesday that paddy procurement for Kharif 2020-21 session showed an increase of 24.98 per cent with purchase of over 506.33 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of paddy up to January 4 against 405.10 LMT la
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Chhattisgarh CM writes to Centre, seeks procurement of rice by FCI
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], December 28 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday wrote to Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal and urged him to give permission as per the 'in-principle approval' for procurement of 26 lakh metric
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Paddy procurement shows increase of 23.67 pc over last year
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI): The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare announced on Thursday that paddy procurement for Kharif 2020-21 session showed an increase of 23.67 per cent with purchase of over 436.20 lakh metric tonnes of paddy up to December 23, 2020 against 352.70 L
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Paddy procurement rises by 21.56 pc compared to last year
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution on Monday said that paddy procurement up to December 20 this year stood at 415.37 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) as against 341.68 LMT last year, showing a year-on-year growth of 21.56 per cent.
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Union government procures 318 LMT paddy till Nov 30
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): The union government on Tuesday said in the current year's Kharif season, purchase of over 318 lakh metric tonnes of paddy has been done upto November 30, 2020 which is an increase of 18.58 per cent over the last year.
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Afghanistan thanks India for donating 75,000 MT wheat amid pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 5 (ANI): Tahir Qadiry, Afghan Charge d'Affaires has thanked India for completing the donation of 75,000 metric tonnes of wheat during the period of April to September amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Paddy arrival in Punjab in current Kharif season up by 26 pc
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], November 3 (ANI): The Punjab government on Tuesday crossed the 160 LMT (Lakh Metric Tonnes) mark in terms of paddy arrival, as much as 26 per cent more than last year's procurement in the corresponding period.
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