Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has requested his cabinet colleague Piyush Goyal to direct the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to procure 10 lakh metric tonne (MT) of parboiled rice from Odisha in 2023-24 financial year.
Ahead of the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of the Lord Ram idol in Ayodhya, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Ashok Kirtania handed over 'Akshat' (ceremonial rice) to the Hindu community at point zero of the Petrapol border in Bangladesh.
As the preparation for the 'Pran Pratistha' ceremony of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya is underway, people from the eunuch community distributed Akshat(sacred broken yellow rice brought from Ayodhya) in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal.
As Assam gears up to celebrate harvest festival Magh Bihu, people thronged markets in Guwahati to buy traditional food Meji (made of bamboo, leaves and thatch), and various dishes, including Pitha (rice cake), fresh cream, thick creamy curd, golden honey, and different types of Laddus, made
As the preparation for the 'Pran Pratistha' ceremony of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is underway, the revered Akshat (broken yellow rice) brought from there, a picture of the temple, and an invitation card were presented to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday by the members of the Akshat D
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said that the rice for the 'Anna Bhagya' scheme is being given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Congress Government in Karnataka was not giving a single grain of rice. The success of the ' Anna Bhagya' scheme must go to Mod
According to S&P Global Commodity Insights, the Indian government's measures in 2023, including banning non-Basmati white rice exports, imposing a 20 per cent duty on parboiled rice exports, and setting a minimum export price of USD 950/ million tonnes (mt) for Basmati, continue to impac
"During the election, the BJP announces that they would give 5 kg rice but we have been giving that from the beginning...," the Chief Minister said, speaking at a public meeting in Chakla in West Bengal's North 24 Paraganas district.
Around 3 thousand quintals of rice from Chhattisgarh's Chandkhuri, and clothes, fruits, and 1100 plates from his in-laws' place in Nepal's Janakpur, will be sent for Lord Ram as special offerings for the inauguration ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22, 2024.