rice export ban

Rice kept for sale at a retail outlet in Kochi, Kerala. | Photo Credit: K.K. Mustafah  In the last couple of days, many panic-stricken Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) have thronged grocery stores and supermarkets in the United States to hoard…

India announced a ban on the export of non-Basmati white rice on Thursday, July 20. India is the world's leading rice exporter and, as per reports, the Ministry initiated this ban to regulate the prices of rice in the domestic market.…

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Export policy of non-basmati white rice is amended from free to prohibited.Export Ban: The consignments of this rice will be allowed to be exported under certain conditions such as where loading of this rice on the ship has commenced before…

Even as India has restricted wheat and sugar exports in order to ensure the domestic availability of the commodities, the government has now started to promote outbound shipments of rice, according to a moneycontrol report quoting sources.…