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Punjab: Amidst farmer protests, Centre makes an all-time high purchase of rice and cotton at MSP

OpIndia Staff -
The Cotton Corporation of India (CCI), which is governed by the Union Ministry of Textiles, has reportedly purchased 85% of kapas (raw cotton) marketed for the month of December in Punjab.
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Karnataka: Reliance Retail to buy 100 quintals of rice from farmers at prices higher than MSP

OpIndia Staff -
Reliance Retail has struck a deal with Swasthya Farmers Producing Company (SFPC), which has 1100 registered paddy farmers.
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Vietnam to buy 70,000 tonnes of rice from India after decades. Here is why

OpIndia Staff -
If such trends continue, countries which traditionally import rice from Thailand and Vietnam might eventually turn towards India.
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Chhattisgarh CM writes to PM, demands procurement of Paddy above limit: Read exclusive details about how he is wrong

Raju Das -
Under the MOU with states on crop procurement, if states declare bonus above MSP, central pool procurement will be limited
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Despite baseless allegations about ‘abolishment of MSP’, govt continues purchase of crops, 49% of total paddy purchase made from Punjab alone

OpIndia Staff -
Paddy procurement under MSP during Kharif Marketing Season 2020-21 went up by more than 25% compared to the last year
World

As China edges towards a food crisis, it looks at India to feed its citizens

OpIndia Staff -
Chinese President XI Jinping had launched Operation Empty Plate in the country in August to prevent wastage of food.
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The truth about ‘plastic rice’ being sold in the markets

Hemant Bijapurkar -
There have also been reports about plastic sugar and plastic eggs
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