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DRI busts areca nuts smuggling racket, 5 held
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested five persons and seized more than 50 metric tonnes of areca nuts, being illegally smuggled into India, in two separate cases, an official said on Wednesday.
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First on Brahmaputra, over-sized cargo vessels with machinery sailed for N
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
NRL is the largest refinery in northeast India, with a capacity of 3 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA) and is currently implementing a mega refinery expansion project to triple its refining capacity to 9 MMTPA along with laying a trans-national crude oil pipeline from Paradip in Odisha
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Prime Minister Modi arrives in Chhattisgarh's Raipur to dedicate projects
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Prime Minister will also dedicate to the nation the doubling of the 103-km Raipur-Khariar Road Rail Line, constructed at a cost of Rs 750 crore. He will also dedicate to the nation the bottling plant of Indian Oil Corporation with a capacity of 60,000 metric tonnes per annum at Korba bui
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REC extends Rs 4,785 cr for HPCL Rajasthan refinery's project in Barmer
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"The loan has been extended as part of a consortium arrangement for Rs 48,625 crores, wherein the share of REC Limited is Rs 4,785 crores. The refinery cum complex will have a capacity of 9 Million Metric Tonnes per Annum (MMTA), and would entail a total project cost of Rs 72,937 crores," th
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Indian donates 10,000 metric tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan amid humanitar
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The 10000 metric tonnes of wheat, sent in form of in-kind contribution reached the Herat city of Afghanistan on Tuesday, United Nations World for Food Programme (UNWFP) said on Tuesday.
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Centre refused to provide rice to State for Anna Bhagya scheme: K'taka Foo
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Karnataka Food Minister KH Muniyappa on Friday said in Delhi that the state requested 1.35 lakh metric tonnes of rice for the 'Anna Bhagya' scheme but the Centre has refused to provide the rice.
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Oil plant of 20,000 metric tonnes to be set up in Kurukshetra for sunflowe
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Notably, on June 6 farmers blocked the Delhi-Chandigarh national highway demanding Minimum Support Price (MSP) for sunflower seeds.
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India strengthens soft power in Afghanistan, sidelining Pakistan: Report
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A spokesman of the United Nations World Food Programme recently informed that an Indian donation of 20,000 metric tonnes of wheat is scheduled to arrive in Afghanistan in the coming months.
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Kerala facing acute shortage of food grains, kerosene: State Civil Supplie
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Talking to ANI, Minister Anil said, "At present, the state is getting 14.25 lakh flour and rice every year, whereas the state needs about 16.5 metric tonnes. This has resulted in its shortage for some time now."
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Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik asks Centre to lift 20 lakh tonne of surplus rice
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Odisha will have about 20 lakh metric tonnes of surplus rice after meeting all its requirements, state chief minister Naveen Patnaik said in a letter to the central government asking for the evacuation of surplus rice from the state.
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Rice Diplomacy gaining momentum between India and Cuba; MOU signed between
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 14 (ANI/SRV): Indian Rice suppliers had a successful introduction meeting with the Minister of Foreign Trade and Economy of the Republic of Cuba H.E. Rodrigo Malmeirca Diaz and his delegation that is visiting India. The rice samples were presented to the delegation b
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FCI to construct modern steel silos under Hub and Spokes model across coun
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): Food Corporation of India (FCI) has planned to construct 111.125 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT) modern steel silos at 249 locations spread across 12 states under the Hub and Spoke model under the Public Private Partnership with a total investment of approximate
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