Oil marketing companies have received ethanol offers totalling 19.35 billion litres for the 2026-27 supply year, nearly double their tender requirement of 11 billion litres, with maize-based ethanol accounting for about 59%…
The Uttar Pradesh government aims to procure 6.5 million tonnes of paddy by 28 February 2027 during the current kharif marketing season (2026-27), with the infusion of about Rs 16,000 crore into…
The government has capped the use of surplus Food Corporation of India (FCI) rice for ethanol production at 324 crore litres for the 2026-27 supply year, according to a tender notification for…
International prices of 100 per cent broken rice have crossed USD 360 per metric tonne, prompting the Indian Rice Exporters’ Federation (IREF) to warn that the government may reimpose export restrictions. Domestic…
Private Entrepreneurs Godown (PEG) owners have asked the Punjab State Grains Procurement Corporation (Pungrain) to vacate their facilities after the corporation capped rent at rates fixed in 2012, offering Rs 3.75 to…
State-run oil marketing companies have barred ethanol made from sugarcane juice, sugar syrup and B-heavy molasses from their latest procurement tender for the 2026-27 supply year, following a government directive to halt…
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has called for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged role of Delhi Food and Supplies Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa in a multi-crore rupee…
Punjab opened 1,832 mandis for paddy procurement on 1 October, even as state godowns and rice mills remain clogged with 280 lakh tonnes of food grains from previous seasons. The state currently…
India must urgently make its food system climate-resilient as rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and extreme weather threaten food production and supply for 1.4 billion people, according to an analysis. While India has…
Retail sugar prices rose for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, with the all-India average price increasing by over Rs 1 per kg to Rs 65.05, government data showed. The price was…
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