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‘Sweet aroma of new opportunities’: Basmati exporters eye Middle East, other markets amid US tariff challenge
August 13, 2025 5:04 pm
If the US imposed high tariffs, it could make Indian Basmati uncompetitive in the market. The question is whether other countries can absorb the exports without lowering the prices, experts say.
Why Basmati 1509 Prices remain stagnant despite removal of Export Cap, Farmers in Punjab disappointed
October 11, 2024 12:04 pm
Farmers like Amrik Singh from Amritsar are bearing the brunt of these developments. Singh, who sold his Basmati 1509 produce at Rs 2,600 per quintal today, is deeply disappointed.
Basmati's early variety starts arriving in Amritsar mandis, Punjab farmers disappointed at low returns for PUSA 1509
September 04, 2024 1:05 pm
Basmati farmers have demanded government to keep a tab on traders who purchase rice at lower rates and sell to customers at much higher rates.
Basmati cultivation: Punjab halfway through, has 15 days to meet target
July 17, 2024 5:52 pm
While Barnala, Kapurthala, and Faridkot sow paddy in over a lakh hectares, the remaining districts recorded paddy sowing below one lakh hectares.
India’s ‘protected’ basmati varieties renamed & cultivated in Pak, IARI demands legal action
March 21, 2024 7:57 am
Blockbuster Pusa-1121 and 1509 Basmati varieties being grown and marketed in Pakistan as "1121 Kainat" and "Kissan Basmati".
Big relief to Basmati farmers as Centre slashes Basmati export price
October 24, 2023 4:37 pm
With 70 percent of Indian Basmati being exported within the price range of $700 to $1,200 per metric tonne, only 2-3 percent of the total Basmati rice produced in India is consumed domestically, with the majority intended for export.
Farmers call for lifting of basmati export curbs
September 14, 2023 8:30 am
Centre's move will depress paddy prices in the new marketing season
Basmati’s early variety commands higher prices in Amritsar mandi, faces uncertainty in other markets
August 31, 2023 5:14 pm
Apprehensions loom as exporters speculate that the rates might plummet following the minimum export price (MEP) notification.
Punjab to procure Basmati at state assured price if rates fall: CM Bhagwant Mann
March 31, 2023 7:23 am
Mann, in a video message, said he has formed a committee led by chief secretary Vijay Kumar Janjua to look at alternative crops that require less water compared to paddy.
Punjab procures 17.34 lakh basmati, 18% more than last year's arrival
November 26, 2022 9:32 am
In 2021, Punjab had received 14.17 lakh tonnes (LT) of basmati and till November 24, only 9.01 LT arrived in the mandis.
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