The police arrested two persons and seized seven tonnes of PDS rice and two luggage vans carrying the load on the outskirts of Gudupalle, close to Karnataka border, in the early hours of Sunday.

The retail prices of various varieties of rice have been increased by up to Rs40 per kilo almost a month before Ramazan.

The Civil Supplies CID personnel have seized 500 kg of rice meant for public distribution system in Thanjavur Corporation limits from a middleman.

Rice exports from the country during first 07 months of current financial year increased by 11.16% as compared to exports of the corresponding period of last year.

Shivaji University Kolhapur (SUK) will soon make a record of releasing two new varieties of non-basmati aromatic rice. Genetically improved mutants of Ajara Ghansal and Kala Jirga, two famous rice varieties have been researched by the researchers from the Botany department of SUK that can overcome the deficiency which earlier traditional ones had.

Prices of rice exported from top Asian hubs jumped this week on solid demand, while Vietnamese traders also flagged high shipping costs due to the Ukraine crisis.

The outlook for 2021/22 U.S. rice this month is for stable supplies, unchanged domestic use, reduced exports, and higher ending stocks. Exports are lowered by 1.0 million cwt to 86.0 million with the decline for medium- and short-grain on the continued weak pace of sales and shipments, particularly to the Middle East.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has delivered a global-scale disruption that is set to cascade through food supply chains and worsen hunger, but Asia’s love for rice could limit the fallout.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien has signed Circular No. 06/2022/TT-BCT stipulating regulations on the import of rice and dried tobacco leaves originating from Cambodia under tariff quotas for 2021 and 2022.

The Odisha government is aiming at boosting exports of non-Basmati aromatic rice to open new avenues of income for paddy farmers, an official release said on Monday.