Tag: Rice

Rice is cornerstone of our food security and can help combat malnutrition: Prez

The President said that though India is the leading consumer and exporter of rice today, the situation was different when the nation became free.

February 11, 2023

India bans export of broken rice with immediate effect

The ban on exports assumes significance as it appears that the overall sown area under paddy this Kharif season could be lower than that of last year. This can have an impact on both crop prospects as well as prices going forward.

September 9, 2022

Odisha: Activists seek prohibition on fortified rice supply to noon meal scheme

Citing the case of children falling sick in Jhankarpali village in Khaprakhol Block of Bolangir district after consuming fortified rice, the activists including prominent public health doctors, nutritionist and social scientists have sought for the suspension of fortified rice supply in the State.

June 1, 2022

SOP issued for implementation of ‘Rice Fortification’

Rice fortification, a process of adding micronutrients like Iron, Folic Acid and Vitamin B12, is an effective, preventive and cost-efficient complementary strategy to address the challenge of anaemia.

May 20, 2022

TN to send rice, milk powder, medicines to Sri Lanka: Stalin

Stalin said with the permission of the BJP-led central government, the state will soon send 40,000 ton of rice, 500 ton of milk powder and life saving drugs to Sri Lanka caught in a severe economic crisis.

May 3, 2022

11,000 MT of rice from India reaches Colombo ahead of new year celebrations in Sri Lanka

According to the Indian embassy in Sri Lanka, the rice reached Colombo on board the ship Chen Glory. New year in Sri Lanka is generally celebrated on April 13 or April 14 and traditionally begins at the sighting of the new moon.

April 12, 2022

Cabinet approves distribution of fortified rice across Govt schemes

The entire cost of rice fortification (around Rs 2,700 crore per annum) would be borne by the Government of India as part of the food subsidy till its full implementation upto June, 2024.

April 8, 2022

Sri Lanka to import 400,000 metric tonnes of rice

As many as 300,000 metric tons of rice are expected to be imported from India, and a further 100,000 tonnes from Myanmar in order to bring down the rice prices artificially inflated by several large rice millers, Gilma Dahanayake, additional secretary of the ministry of trade, was quoted as saying by the state-owned Daily News newspaper on Tuesday.

February 8, 2022

Rice and buffalo meat export contributes 58% of India’s total export in agriculture and processed food sector

The Ministry said the top three products in the APEDA (The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority) export basket in 2020-21 were Non-Basmati Rice (23.22% share), Basmati Rice (19.44%) and Buffalo Meat (15.34%) and these products together account for 58 per cent of total shipments.

December 31, 2021

Siliguri FCI depot set to send 14000 MT rice to Bhutan

FCI officials said the quality rice would be delivered to the neighbouring country from the SAARC's Food Bank very shortly.

May 1, 2020

‘Using rice to make sanitisers for rich when poor are dying of hunger’: Rahul Gandhi slams Govt

The Central government on Monday said the excess rice produced in the country will be used to manufacture ethanol to keep up the supply of hand sanitisers.

April 21, 2020

‘Surplus rice produced will be used to manufacture sanitisers’: Govt amid lockdown

However, the move comes amid the lockdown which has left millions of migrant labourers and daily wage labourers with no job and food to survive.

April 20, 2020

Making climate-ready rice

By reducing the number of stomata that form on rice leaves, it is possible to increase water conservation and drought tolerance in rice.

October 9, 2019

Intelligent feathered friends

Crows not only plan for future events but consider the thinking of other crows. When a crow caches food, it looks around to see if it's being observed. If it sees another animal is watching, the crow will pretend to hide its treasure, but will really stash it in its feathers.

September 9, 2019

Rice supplied through PDS in UP, Bihar found in Punjab

Raids conducted by Punjab's food and civil supplies department on Wednesday revealed that the unaccounted rice found in the godowns of four mills in the state owe their origin to up PDS of UP and Bihar.

October 4, 2018

‘Magic rice’ from Assam gets the GI tag | Everything you need to know

Boka saul, a unique variety of Assamese rice, is very simple, and equally budget-friendly, to “cook”.

August 10, 2018

A plan to improve rice yields

Rice is by far the most important crop and the most important food of India. At a time when there are increasing concerns about food security of farmers it is of course of the greatest importance to increase rice yields significantly while also keeping down costs of cultivation. In this situation, ‘A silent rice revolution...

June 7, 2018