rice

Rice, the most important food crop in Odisha, is mainly grown during the rainy season in about 3.5 million hectares. It is mainly a rain-fed crop as only 35% rice area is irrigated. Drought,…

Kendrapada: In an unusual step, students of a primary school in the district on Tuesday staged a dharna in protest against merger of their school with another located two km away. The…

Baripada: A school student and a parent died after a truck hit an auto-rickshaw on NH-49 at Bangiriposhi ghat in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district on Tuesday. According to sources, the…

Bhubaneswar: To ensure the food security of the people during the nationwide lockdown in the wake of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, the Odisha government has decided to provide an…

Jharsuguda: Director General of Railway Protection Force (RPF) has placed four staffers under suspension in connection with the theft of rice. Those suspended are inspector LK Das, ASI SK…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has urged the Centre to release the shortfall allocation of about 99,960 Metric Tonne of rice under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) for 15 months…

Malkangiri: The officials of Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Department seized at least 319 quintals of paddy from a truck at Kotameta area of Malkangiri district on Friday night.…

Kendrapara: The Kendrapara district administration on Wednesday suspended a Mid-Day Meal (MDM) nodal officer following alleged irregularities in distribution of rice under the welfare…

Balangir: A private rice mill located at Belapada in Odisha's Balangir district was sealed following a raid conducted by food supplies and consumer welfare department on Friday.…

Bhubaneswar: Food grain production has increased from 55 lakh metric tonne in 2000-01 to 118 lakh metric tonne in 2016-17, courtesy various initiatives of the state government. The…