India Rice Production

Ms Nayak is the South Asia Lead for Seed System and Product Management at the IRRI in New Delhi.

The Centre's move to impose a 20 per cent duty on exports of parboiled rice has prompted buyers and sellers to postpone shipments of around five lakh metric tonnes to after mid-October to avoid paying the tax, three leading exporters told Reuters.

Domestic rice prices are showing an upward trend and it "may continue to increase" due to low kharif production forecast and 11 per cent jump in export of non-basmati rice, the food ministry said today.

India has defended its decision to ban export of wheat and rice at a WTO meeting even as some member countries have flagged concerns over the country's stand, an official said.

India's rice production could fall by 10-12 million tonnes during the Kharif season of this year, due to a fall in paddy sowing area, the government said on Friday.

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 37.7 per kg compared to the year-ago period, according to an official data.

A fall in rice production, according to traders, might make India's fight against inflation more challenging

Non-basmati rice exports have seen a huge growth of 109 per cent to $6,115 million in 2021-22 from $2,925 million in 2013-14

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said India produces milk worth Rs 8.5 lakh crore annually, more than the turnover of wheat and rice, and underlined that small farmers are the biggest beneficiaries of the dairy sector.

Agricultural and processed food products exports rose 23 per cent to $19.7 million during April-January 2021-22

He said that exports recorded a significant contraction in April last year but gradually things started improving and have entered positive territory.

India's rice production is estimated at record 102.36 million tonnes in kharif season of 2020-21 crop year on the back of good monsoon rains and acreage, according to government data.

Introduced in 2003, India has more than 350 GI tagged products till date. It is generally given to indigenous agricultural products, food items, handicrafts etc.

Rice output in the world's biggest exporter and No. 2 producer is estimated to rise by 0.9 per cent to 117.47 million tonnes.

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved would join hands with the Jharkhand government to market organic products like honey, wheat, rice and vegebables grown in the state.

Ms Nayak is the South Asia Lead for Seed System and Product Management at the IRRI in New Delhi.

The Centre's move to impose a 20 per cent duty on exports of parboiled rice has prompted buyers and sellers to postpone shipments of around five lakh metric tonnes to after mid-October to avoid paying the tax, three leading exporters told Reuters.

Domestic rice prices are showing an upward trend and it "may continue to increase" due to low kharif production forecast and 11 per cent jump in export of non-basmati rice, the food ministry said today.

India has defended its decision to ban export of wheat and rice at a WTO meeting even as some member countries have flagged concerns over the country's stand, an official said.

India's rice production could fall by 10-12 million tonnes during the Kharif season of this year, due to a fall in paddy sowing area, the government said on Friday.

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 37.7 per kg compared to the year-ago period, according to an official data.

A fall in rice production, according to traders, might make India's fight against inflation more challenging

Non-basmati rice exports have seen a huge growth of 109 per cent to $6,115 million in 2021-22 from $2,925 million in 2013-14

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said India produces milk worth Rs 8.5 lakh crore annually, more than the turnover of wheat and rice, and underlined that small farmers are the biggest beneficiaries of the dairy sector.

Agricultural and processed food products exports rose 23 per cent to $19.7 million during April-January 2021-22

He said that exports recorded a significant contraction in April last year but gradually things started improving and have entered positive territory.

India's rice production is estimated at record 102.36 million tonnes in kharif season of 2020-21 crop year on the back of good monsoon rains and acreage, according to government data.

Introduced in 2003, India has more than 350 GI tagged products till date. It is generally given to indigenous agricultural products, food items, handicrafts etc.

Rice output in the world's biggest exporter and No. 2 producer is estimated to rise by 0.9 per cent to 117.47 million tonnes.

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved would join hands with the Jharkhand government to market organic products like honey, wheat, rice and vegebables grown in the state.