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Government Wheat Procurement Reaches Six Million Tonne So Far In 2025
Government wheat procurement reaches 6 mn tonne so far in 2025-26 season
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PMGKAY: Food Ministry To Partner Tax Department To Remove Ineligible Beneficiaries
I-T dept to share data with Food Min to weed out ineligible PMGKAY beneficiaries
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Union Budget 2024: How The New Budget Affects Your Daily Grocery Bill
Find out how the Union Budget 2024 has changed the cost of common food items. Detailed insights into the price variations of pulses, oils, cereals, sugar, and vegetables since the budget announcement.
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South Koreans Snack On Crispy Toothpick Fries, But Health Ministry Warns Against It
A viral trend of frying and consuming starch toothpicks has swept through South Korean social media. Consequently, the country's food ministry has issued a health warning, strongly advising people against eating these fried toothpicks.
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Sugar decontrol decision likely in 15 days: Food Minister
The Centre is likely to take a decision on giving freedom to the Rs 80,000 crore sugar industry to sell the sweetener in the open market in the next 15 days, Food Minister K V Thomas said on Friday.
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Food Ministry Moves Cabinet Note to Suspend Sugar Export Subsidy: Report
The Food Ministry has sought approval to end the subsidy for raw sugar exports one year earlier as it is being availed only by a few sugar mills, a senior government official said on Tuesday.
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Centre To Fully Implement Rice Fortification Programme Before March 2024
The government will implement fully rice fortification programme before the scheduled target of March 2024, a top food ministry official said on Tuesday.
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Sugar Mills Yet To Clear Rs 2,400 Crore Pending Dues To Cane Growers: Government Official
Total dues that mills were to pay till February was Rs 87,000 crore for 2018-19 and Rs 85,000 crore for 2017-18 sugar season.
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Centre To Appoint Food Safety Supervisors In All Department Canteens
The central government has decided to appoint food safety supervisors in all its departmental canteens.
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Food Ministry Will Ask Hoteliers To Specify Portion Size To Check Wastage
Modi recently expressed concern over large-scale wastage of food in the country.
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Government May Hike Import Duty on Wheat to 25% to Check Imports
The Centre may raise import duty on wheat to 25 per cent from the current 10 per cent to restrict overseas purchases when domestic stocks are surplus.
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Government Orders Sugar Producers to Ramp Up Exports to Curb Surplus
The government announced new rules on Friday making it compulsory for sugar producers to ramp up exports to at least 4 million tonnes in the forthcoming crushing season, to cut stockpiles as the country is set to produce a surplus for a sixth straight year.
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Sugar Stocks Jump as Food Minister Calls for Hiking Import Duty
The move will help in controlling the sliding prices of sugar and enable mills to clear their cane arrears.
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Steps Taken to Raise Crop Yield: Centre
Government has launched long-term measures including those to target integration of economically important genes for crop yield improvement.
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Government Not to Cut Multi-Billion Dollar Food Subsidy: Report
A panel set up by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month urged the government to lower the number of beneficiaries to 40 per cent from 67 per cent as part of efforts to trim the $18.64 billion food subsidy bill that drains stretched state finances.
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Government Wheat Procurement Reaches Six Million Tonne So Far In 2025
Government wheat procurement reaches 6 mn tonne so far in 2025-26 season
-
PMGKAY: Food Ministry To Partner Tax Department To Remove Ineligible Beneficiaries
I-T dept to share data with Food Min to weed out ineligible PMGKAY beneficiaries
-
Union Budget 2024: How The New Budget Affects Your Daily Grocery Bill
Find out how the Union Budget 2024 has changed the cost of common food items. Detailed insights into the price variations of pulses, oils, cereals, sugar, and vegetables since the budget announcement.
-
South Koreans Snack On Crispy Toothpick Fries, But Health Ministry Warns Against It
A viral trend of frying and consuming starch toothpicks has swept through South Korean social media. Consequently, the country's food ministry has issued a health warning, strongly advising people against eating these fried toothpicks.
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Sugar decontrol decision likely in 15 days: Food Minister
The Centre is likely to take a decision on giving freedom to the Rs 80,000 crore sugar industry to sell the sweetener in the open market in the next 15 days, Food Minister K V Thomas said on Friday.
-
Food Ministry Moves Cabinet Note to Suspend Sugar Export Subsidy: Report
The Food Ministry has sought approval to end the subsidy for raw sugar exports one year earlier as it is being availed only by a few sugar mills, a senior government official said on Tuesday.
-
Centre To Fully Implement Rice Fortification Programme Before March 2024
The government will implement fully rice fortification programme before the scheduled target of March 2024, a top food ministry official said on Tuesday.
-
Sugar Mills Yet To Clear Rs 2,400 Crore Pending Dues To Cane Growers: Government Official
Total dues that mills were to pay till February was Rs 87,000 crore for 2018-19 and Rs 85,000 crore for 2017-18 sugar season.
-
Centre To Appoint Food Safety Supervisors In All Department Canteens
The central government has decided to appoint food safety supervisors in all its departmental canteens.
-
Food Ministry Will Ask Hoteliers To Specify Portion Size To Check Wastage
Modi recently expressed concern over large-scale wastage of food in the country.
-
Government May Hike Import Duty on Wheat to 25% to Check Imports
The Centre may raise import duty on wheat to 25 per cent from the current 10 per cent to restrict overseas purchases when domestic stocks are surplus.
-
Government Orders Sugar Producers to Ramp Up Exports to Curb Surplus
The government announced new rules on Friday making it compulsory for sugar producers to ramp up exports to at least 4 million tonnes in the forthcoming crushing season, to cut stockpiles as the country is set to produce a surplus for a sixth straight year.
-
Sugar Stocks Jump as Food Minister Calls for Hiking Import Duty
The move will help in controlling the sliding prices of sugar and enable mills to clear their cane arrears.
-
Steps Taken to Raise Crop Yield: Centre
Government has launched long-term measures including those to target integration of economically important genes for crop yield improvement.
-
Government Not to Cut Multi-Billion Dollar Food Subsidy: Report
A panel set up by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month urged the government to lower the number of beneficiaries to 40 per cent from 67 per cent as part of efforts to trim the $18.64 billion food subsidy bill that drains stretched state finances.
