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Government throws weight behind world's largest rice conference in Delhi
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Union Food Minister Pralhad Joshi has extended his support to the upcoming Bharat International Rice Conference (BIRC) 2025, calling it a key step in strengthening India's position in the global rice trade. The event, slated for October 30-31 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, will convene stake
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India aims to double agri exports, open new global markets for rice in fiv
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Over the next five years, India aims to double its agricultural and agri-based exports and open new global markets for Indian rice, Union Food Minister Pralhad Joshi said in a video message, "Over the next 5 years, we aim to reform and modernize the public distribution system, double Agri an
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Punjab CM meets Pralhad Joshi, seeks release of state's pending share in R
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Wednesday sought the intervention of Union Food Minister Pralhad Joshi for the release of the state's pending share of over Rs 9,000 crore related to the Rural Development Fund (RDF) and Market Fees.
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Additional 2 lakh tonne onion procurement from farmers starts in Maharasht
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The procurement of additional 2 lakh tonne onion, which the central government recently decided to rein in prices, has started on Tuesday in key growing belts in Maharashtra, Union food minister Piyush Goyal said.
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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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Govt raises onion buffer stock target for 2023-24 to 3 lakh tonne
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The central government will maintain 3 lakh tonne onion in the 2023-24 season as buffer stock, Union food minister Piyush Goyal informed Parliament On Wednesday.
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'Failed government' in Telangana, 5 kg ration under PM-GKAY was not distri
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Union Food Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday hit out at the ruling TRS in Telangana terming its government as "failed" which has "taken away the rights of the poor" and said it did not distribute additional 5 kg ration under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan
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State Ranking Index for NFSA 2022: Odisha ranked No. 1 performing state in
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 6 (ANI): Odisha has been ranked as the No. 1 performing state in the country by the Government of India, in their recently published 'State Ranking Index for NFSA' 2022-creating resilient food systems to optimize the delivery of benefits'.
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Chhattisgarh CM urges Centre to procure rice from state for central pool
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Nov 15 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday met Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Union Food Minister Ramvilas Paswan in New Delhi and urged them to procure rice from Chhattisgarh for the central pool.
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Odisha minister writes to Centre over merger of Bhubaneswar, Patna regions
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): Odisha Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain on Saturday wrote a letter to Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan against Centre's decision to merge Bhubaneswar and Patna regions of the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC)
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CPM blames PM Modi's policies for onion price hike
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 30 (ANI): The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) on Thursday said that the prices of onions were soaring high because of the poor policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Centre issues notification to increase import duty on sugar: Paswan
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday said that the Centre has issued a notification to increase the import duty on sugar to 50 percent from 40 percent, to restrict cheap inward shipments and protect farmers.
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