-The Hindu Business Line Maharashtra farmers seek concret exim policy Pune: The US and Japan have dragged India to the World Trade Organization over the frequent ban it imposes on onion Exports. Both countries have alleged that the Export ban without prior notice create problems for importing countries. This, in turn, has resulted in Maharashtra onion growers demanding that the Centre draft a comprehensive policy on the import and Export of onion, instead...
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OECD-FAO: Global pulses trade to slow as India may boost production by 2030 -G Chandrashekhar
-The Hindu Business Line It observed that world pulses trade grew from 13 ml t to 17 ml t over the past decade The global pulse market that reached a volume of 92 million tons in 2020 - following an annual growth of 3 per cent during the previous decade – is expected to increase by 22 ml t by 2030, says OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2021-2030 released earlier this week. Almost half of...
More »Talks between India and Sri Lanka needed to resolve attacks on Tamil fishermen: TN Min
-IANS/ TheNewsMinute.com "The CM is of the opinion that both countries should conduct high-level talks and find a permanent solution to this issue, which will happen soon,” Radhakrishnan told reporters. Tamil Nadu Minister for Fisheries and Animal Husbandry Anitha R Radhakrishnan said on Thursday that Chief Minister MK Stalin is of the view that talks between India and Sri Lanka are necessary to have a permanent solution to the attacks on Tamil...
More »Anjali Bhardwaj, transparency activist and founder of the Delhi-based Satark Nagrik Sangathan (SNS), interviewed by Shreehari Paliath (IndiaSpend.com)
-IndiaSpend.com To fight hunger and distress due to the pandemic, India must universalise foodgrain distribution, expand the food basket in its rations scheme and provide cash transfers, activist Anjali Bhardwaj tells us in this interview Bengaluru: The pandemic-induced lockdowns have had a profound impact on livelihoods, affecting poor Indians' food intake, studies show. In October 2020, more than half the respondents of a Hunger Survey said their rice/wheat consumption had declined during...
More »Black rice, the ‘forbidden’ grain that earned UP’s Chandauli big UNDP praise and good profit -Samyak Pandey
-ThePrint.in Chanduali produces the ‘healthier’ black rice. The produce is in high demand and is being Exported to Australia and New Zealand. New Delhi: Chandauli in Uttar Pradesh is one of India’s four most progressed districts since the beginning of the Narendra Modi government’s Aspirational Districts Programme, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s latest appraisal report. Among the best practices that pushed Chandauli’s progress was the black rice experiment in the...
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