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Tipping Point: How is climate change affecting rice production? | Video Credit: The Hindu Rice feeds billions of people across the globe. It is the staple food for more than half of the world’s population, and millions depend on it for their livelihood. However, climate change is disrupting how crops are produced and consumed, and…
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The decrease in cultivation of kharif crops is in about nine lakh hectares so far. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA India’s rice production during the kharif season is likely to fall short of the target of 112 million tonnes (MT) and will reach only 104.99 MT, said the first advance estimate for 2022-23 released by…
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Representational image. | Photo Credit: Kommuri Srinivas A Finance Ministry report on September 17 underlined the need for deft management of stocks of agriculture commodities in view of lower crop-sowing for the Kharif Season, stressing there should be no room for complacency on the inflation front. Overall, inflationary pressures in India appear to be on…
According to a notification by the Revenue Department, an export duty of 20% has been imposed on ‘rice in husk (paddy or rough)‘ and ‘husked (brown) rice’. | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena The Centre on Thursday imposed an export duty of 20% on rice, brown rice, and semi-milled as well as wholly milled rice except…
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While the estimate of foodgrains production is 315.72 million tonnes, the production of rice is expected at 130.29 million tonnes. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Union Agriculture Ministry released on August 17 the fourth advance estimates of production of major agricultural crops for 2021-22. The Ministry said the production of foodgrains in the…