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Despite Global Food Crisis, WTO Trouble For Indian Exports: Ms Sitharaman
Amidst a global shortage of food grains in the aftermath of the Ukrainian war, countries like India which have the potential to address this by exporting agricultural products, in particular cereals, are facing difficulties from the World Trade Organization, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Friday.
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Distribute Free Ration To 8 Crore Migrants Within 15 Days: Centre To States
As hundreds of migrants continue to travel a long distance in this COVID-19 crisis, Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Saturday appealed to state governments to immediately lift food grains and pulses from the godowns and distribute them for free within a fortnight to 8 crore migrants who neither have centre nor state ration card.
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Ram Vilas Paswan Sees Bumper Pulse Output This Year, Warns Hoarders
The country will see a bumper pulse production this year leading to a fall in prices and hoarders will not stand to benefit, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today said as he asked them to offload their stocks.
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Government Agencies To Buy Pulses Directly From Farmers
The government today directed procurement agencies, including NAFED, to buy tur, urad and moong directly from farmers in all producing states for creating buffer stock to supply lentils at cheaper rates and ensuring support price for growers.
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Talks On With Brazil To Produce Pulses For India: Ram Vilas Paswan
There would be no shortage of pulses from next year as the government is taking several steps to boost the production, including talks with Brazil to produce pulses for India, union food minister Ram Vilas Paswan said today.
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Why The Answer To India's Dal Crisis May Lie In Telangana: Foreign Media
On a campus in southern India, Kiran Sharma and his team of biologists are perfecting a recipe that may solve the nation's inflation woes.
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What Orlando Gunman Told Hostage Negotiators During His Rampage
As he talked on the phone with dispatchers and crisis negotiators from the bathroom of the Pulse nightclub, Orlando gunman Omar Mateen said there was a vehicle outside with explosives and he would "ignite it" if police tried "to do anything stupid".
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To Tackle Dal Shortage, Centre Looks At Growing Pulses in African Nations
Government is exploring the feasibility of contract farming of pulses in African countries -- Mozambique, Tanzania and Malawi -- as it looks for a long-term solution to domestic shortage and high prices.
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Steps to Ease Arhar Dal Prices Taken at Insistence of Our Ministers: Shiv Sena
The Shiv Sena today said the corrective steps to ease the price of pulses, especially arhar dal were taken at the insistence of its cabinet ministers in Maharashtra.
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Pulses Prices Start Easing as 82,000 Tonnes Seized From Hoarders
Over 82,000 tonnes of pulses have been seized so far from hoarders during 8,394 raids carried out by 12 state governments, resulting in a marginal fall in tur and urad dal prices across the country.
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Pulses Importers Seek Removal of Restrictions to Bring Prices in Control
As dal prices continue to rage, pulses importers today offered to supply one lakh kilograms of tur dal per day at Rs 135 a kilogram and asked the National Democratic Alliance government to exempt them from stock holding limits.
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JD(U) Demands Ram Vilas Paswan, Agriculture Minister's Resignation Over Rising Dal Prices
Amidst the ongoing Assembly polls in Bihar, JD(U) today slammed the NDA-led central government over the rise in the prices of pulses and agrarian crisis and sought the resignation of Ram Vilas Paswan and Radha Mohan Singh, two Union ministers hailing from the state.
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In Bihar, Central Ministers Blame Nitish Kumar For Pulses Crisis
Facing flak for their absence from Delhi during the ongoing dal price crisis, Central minsters Ram Vilas Paswan and Radha Mohan Singh chose to take the battle to the enemy camp today.
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So What if I'm in Bihar, I Have my Eye on Dal Crisis: Food Minister Paswan
Agriculture minister Ram Vilas Paswan, who has been facing charges of neglecting the pulses crisis in favour of the ongoing assembly elections in his home state Bihar, has said the dal issue is being politicised.
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Government Plans Buffer Stocks, Price Control Mechanism For Pulses
As the price of pulses soar, the Union government has decided to invoke price stabilisation fund and build a buffer stock to avoid another such crisis in future.
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Despite Global Food Crisis, WTO Trouble For Indian Exports: Ms Sitharaman
Amidst a global shortage of food grains in the aftermath of the Ukrainian war, countries like India which have the potential to address this by exporting agricultural products, in particular cereals, are facing difficulties from the World Trade Organization, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Friday.
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Distribute Free Ration To 8 Crore Migrants Within 15 Days: Centre To States
As hundreds of migrants continue to travel a long distance in this COVID-19 crisis, Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Saturday appealed to state governments to immediately lift food grains and pulses from the godowns and distribute them for free within a fortnight to 8 crore migrants who neither have centre nor state ration card.
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Ram Vilas Paswan Sees Bumper Pulse Output This Year, Warns Hoarders
The country will see a bumper pulse production this year leading to a fall in prices and hoarders will not stand to benefit, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today said as he asked them to offload their stocks.
-
Government Agencies To Buy Pulses Directly From Farmers
The government today directed procurement agencies, including NAFED, to buy tur, urad and moong directly from farmers in all producing states for creating buffer stock to supply lentils at cheaper rates and ensuring support price for growers.
-
Talks On With Brazil To Produce Pulses For India: Ram Vilas Paswan
There would be no shortage of pulses from next year as the government is taking several steps to boost the production, including talks with Brazil to produce pulses for India, union food minister Ram Vilas Paswan said today.
-
Why The Answer To India's Dal Crisis May Lie In Telangana: Foreign Media
On a campus in southern India, Kiran Sharma and his team of biologists are perfecting a recipe that may solve the nation's inflation woes.
-
What Orlando Gunman Told Hostage Negotiators During His Rampage
As he talked on the phone with dispatchers and crisis negotiators from the bathroom of the Pulse nightclub, Orlando gunman Omar Mateen said there was a vehicle outside with explosives and he would "ignite it" if police tried "to do anything stupid".
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To Tackle Dal Shortage, Centre Looks At Growing Pulses in African Nations
Government is exploring the feasibility of contract farming of pulses in African countries -- Mozambique, Tanzania and Malawi -- as it looks for a long-term solution to domestic shortage and high prices.
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Steps to Ease Arhar Dal Prices Taken at Insistence of Our Ministers: Shiv Sena
The Shiv Sena today said the corrective steps to ease the price of pulses, especially arhar dal were taken at the insistence of its cabinet ministers in Maharashtra.
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Pulses Prices Start Easing as 82,000 Tonnes Seized From Hoarders
Over 82,000 tonnes of pulses have been seized so far from hoarders during 8,394 raids carried out by 12 state governments, resulting in a marginal fall in tur and urad dal prices across the country.
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Pulses Importers Seek Removal of Restrictions to Bring Prices in Control
As dal prices continue to rage, pulses importers today offered to supply one lakh kilograms of tur dal per day at Rs 135 a kilogram and asked the National Democratic Alliance government to exempt them from stock holding limits.
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JD(U) Demands Ram Vilas Paswan, Agriculture Minister's Resignation Over Rising Dal Prices
Amidst the ongoing Assembly polls in Bihar, JD(U) today slammed the NDA-led central government over the rise in the prices of pulses and agrarian crisis and sought the resignation of Ram Vilas Paswan and Radha Mohan Singh, two Union ministers hailing from the state.
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In Bihar, Central Ministers Blame Nitish Kumar For Pulses Crisis
Facing flak for their absence from Delhi during the ongoing dal price crisis, Central minsters Ram Vilas Paswan and Radha Mohan Singh chose to take the battle to the enemy camp today.
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So What if I'm in Bihar, I Have my Eye on Dal Crisis: Food Minister Paswan
Agriculture minister Ram Vilas Paswan, who has been facing charges of neglecting the pulses crisis in favour of the ongoing assembly elections in his home state Bihar, has said the dal issue is being politicised.
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Government Plans Buffer Stocks, Price Control Mechanism For Pulses
As the price of pulses soar, the Union government has decided to invoke price stabilisation fund and build a buffer stock to avoid another such crisis in future.
