Tag: 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 ...

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 ...

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 accident ...

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 ...

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 Kumar ...

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. Three persons were ...

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 scheme. He was identified as Rabindra Kumar ...

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. There had been complaints ...

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 production of ...