-The Hindu Business Line Experts say current manual methods are error-prone, moot scientific process The advance crop estimate made by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare usually differs between the first and subsequent three ones before it comes out with the final estimate. However, the difference has seldom caused problems in the agricultural markets or led to complaints of not reflecting what the trade has felt is the ground reality. But some...
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After wheat, retail PRIce of rice rises 6.31% on supply concerns: Govt data
-PTI/ Business Standard The All India average retail PRIce of wheat has risen by over 22 per cent to Rs 31.04 per kg as of August 22 compared to Rs 25.41 per kg in the year-ago period, Consumer Affairs Ministry's data showed After wheat, rice PRIces are firming up on reports of supply concerns with the all India average retail PRIce of the grain ruling higher by 6.31 per cent at Rs...
More »Urad PRIces rise, govt may ask traders to declare stock -Prabhudatta Mishra
-The Hindu Business Line Rate hike due to lower acreage, fear of crop damage Urad dal PRIces in the retail market have increased on an average by Rs.3-5/kg in the past one week while at some places the surge is Rs.13/kg to about Rs.110-120/kg, mainly due to overall lower acreage and fear of crop damage after incessant rains in the growing region of Madhya Pradesh. Kendriya Bhandar, a Central government-run cooperative, has...
More »Fortified rice is not suitable for everyone's consumption, state activist of ASHA and Right to Food Campaign
-Press release by Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture (ASHA) and the Right to Food Campaign (RTFC) dated 22 August, 2022 New Delhi, August 22, 2022: An RTI response by the Ministry of Women and Child Development reveals knee-jerk and self-protecting measures in the form of a few circulars issued by the Ministry of Food and Public Distribution as well as the Ministry of Women and Child Development with regard to Fortified...
More »World Bank's New Warning On Sri Lanka Amid Severe Food PRIce Inflation
-Asian News International/ NDTV.com Sri Lanka Economic Crisis: This comes as food PRIce inflation remains at a multiyear high in South Asian countries including Pakistan. Colombo: Sri Lanka is ranked fifth among the 10 countries with the highest food PRIce inflation in the world, according to the latest World Bank assessment. In its Food Security update, the World Bank said trade policy actions on food and fertilizers have surged since the beginning of...
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