Basmati Rice Current Affairs, GK & News
GoI allows Export of Onions
In September 2019, GoI had banned the export of onions in order to bring down its prices in the country. The prices of the key cooking ingredient had soared due to supply disruptions and floods in the major onion producing states Haryana and Maharashtra. Highlights Onion prices peaked in December 2019 as rains hit the ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Agriculture • Basmati Rice • Export • Floods • heavy rains • Kharif crop • Onion Prices • Rabi Crops
Geographical Indication tag for Basmati rice of 7 states approved
The Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) has ordered Chennai based Geographical Indications Registry (GIR) to issue ‘Geographical Indication’ tag for basmati rice. This GI tag will be issued to basmati rice variety grown in 7 states in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) on the foothills of the Himalayas. These states are Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2016
Topics: Agriculture • APEDA • Basmati Rice • Current Affairs - 2017 • Current Affairs 2016 • Geographical indication • IPAB