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Inter-ministerial group to decide on basmati exports to cut delays

Matters concerning export of basmati may from now be decided by an inter-ministerial group, comprising agriculture and commence ministries. The move being contemplated is to ensure quick decisions to help exporters not lose out in the global market due to delays in policy making. Sources tell FE that officials from commerce and agriculture ministries, in consultation with industry representatives, will be empowered to decide .....

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Grains Council ups India’s 2012 rice export forecast to 6.1mt

London-based International Grains Council (IGC) has revised rice exports forecast for India upward to 6.1 million tonnes for the current calendar year, from earlier projection of 5 million tonnes (MT). The forecast for India is based on assumption that the government will continue non-basmati rice export that was allowed in September 2011 and in anticipation of higher production, the IGC said in its report. Last month, the IGC had pegged .....

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Israel sees scope for farm cooperation

Israel sees a vast opportunity in the field of agriculture in India. Consul general Ornav Sagiv is in the city for an official function and to follow up on the agriculture research centre which the two countries are setting up. "Nagpur is the first city in Maharashtra where we will be starting the research centre for citrus fruits. Farmers in this region can benefit from advanced technology we use in Israel and we hope that trade in the sector will also .....

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Iraq looking to import rice, sugar from India

Iraq is considering buying rice and sugar from India, the gulf nation's deputy Prime Minister Rowsch Shaways said here today. "We are looking to buy rice and sugar...Just before two months, we bought 1,00,000 tonnes of rice from India and we continue," Shaways told reporters after meeting Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma, here. India is the world's second biggest producer of these two food items. New Delhi allowed export .....