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Explained | India’s rice fortification scheme and why it has experts worried

May 27, 2022 admin

The story so far: The Centre recently released a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), or a set of guidelines, for the smooth implementation of its rice fortification distribution scheme, days after a fact-finding team alleged that fortified rice was being distributed in Jharkhand without the consent of beneficiaries. In a report published on May 16, a…

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Govt. amends curbs on wheat export

May 17, 2022 admin

Labourers loading wheat at APMC wholesale market outskirts of Ahmedabad on May 17, 2022. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji The Centre has amended its wheat export ban order of May 13 to allow export consignments that were registered in the Customs Department’s systems and handed over for examination on or prior to May 13 to…

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Tomato at over ₹100 a kg unnerves customers in Andhra Pradesh

May 14, 2022 admin

Arrival of tomato stocks at Madanapalle market in Annamayya district dipped on Saturday. | Photo Credit: The price tag of tomatoes, which was ₹60 a kg last week at the vegetable markets in Rayalaseema districts, all of a sudden jumped to an unnerving ₹100-plus on Saturday. The stocks are the first and second-grade varieties obtained…

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Women-led agri-tech start-ups win big

May 13, 2022 admin

Two Maharashtra-based agri-tech start-ups, both led by women, grabbed the top two spots in The/Nudge Institute and Cisco Agri Challenge. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Two Maharashtra-based agri-tech start-ups, both led by women, grabbed the top two spots in The/Nudge Institute and Cisco Agri Challenge organised with support from the office of the Principal Scientific…

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Farmers want delinking of crop loan from CIBIL score

May 6, 2022 admin

Deputy Commissioner Bagadi Gautham interacting with farmers at a meeting in Mysuru on Friday. | Photo Credit: M.A. SRIRAM Farmers want agricultural loan to be de-linked from CIBIL score as it is a hindrance to securing financial advance or assistance to take up farm-related projects. The score generated by Credit Information Bureau (India) Ltd. has…

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