The North-Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation (NERAMAC) organized an initiative to promote millets in India at Gangtok today, focusing on generating awareness and highlighting the benefits of millet consumption to encourage increased production by farmers. Commodore Rajiv Ashok, Managing Director of NERAMAC, emphasized the nutritional value of Super Food Millets, its low Glycemic Index, and the government’s thrust towards promoting this produce, culminating in the International Year of Millets in 2023.

Thailand’s rice exports are expected to face stiffer competition as India has removed export restrictions and taxes, allowing unlimited rice exports, according to Charoen Laothammatas, president of the Thai Rice Exporters Association.

The ponds and river banks in the Terai and Kathmandu Valley are being cleaned and specially decorated for the Chhath festival. In the Kathmandu Valley, Kamalpokhari and Gaurighat along the Bagmati River are preferred locations for performing Chhath puja. In Madhesh Pradesh, popular sites include Ranighat, Nagawapokhari, Chhapakaiya Pokhari, and Dashrath Pokhari, where people gather to observe the festival.

India's vegetable oil imports are estimated to decline further in the 2024-25 season to 15 million metric tons, as favourable weather will likely boost domestic production, an industry group said.

THIS early, rice imports have surpassed last year's level and could hit 4.2 million metric tons (MT) by the end of 2024, Department of Agriculture (DA) technical advisory group member and former undersecretary for rice industry development Leocadio Sebastian said on Wednesday at the International World Rice Conference Summit in Manila.

Arunachal Pradesh agriculture and allied departments minister Gabriel D Wangsu on Tuesday reiterated the state govt’s commitment to promoting sustainable agricultural practices and ensuring welfare of all officers and staff of the departments.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) on Tuesday said container traffic at its port rose 11.86 per cent year-on-year to 6,14,651 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) in October.