Rice News

After being denied for the rice procurement, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday accused the BJP government at the Centre of being anti-poor and pro-capitalists. Making a harsh remark against BJP, he called the party ‘neech’ (despicable) and anti-huma...

India in view of special relationships with Singapore has allowed the export of rice to Singapore to meet the food security requirements of the Southeast nation. According to the statement by the Ministry of External Affairs, India on August 27 introduced additional safeguards...

Ever since a ban on the export of non-basmati white rice by India, the cost of rice has seen a massive surge in recent months, marking its highest point in nearly 12 years according to the ratings by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). The FAO, a part of the United Na...

IMF’s Chief Economist and Director, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, has said restrictions imposed by India on exports of certain varieties of rice are likely to worsen volatility in food prices in the rest of the world. While addressing the World Economic Outlook conference, he s...

After India announced an export ban on non-basmati white rice on July 20, the Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) in the US have resorted to hoarding bags of rice from supermarkets. Videos of NRIs gathering in supermarkets across North America, collecting rice bags in a wave of panic ...