NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court-appointed committee on farm laws issue on Tuesday said it held consultations with agro-processing industries including ITC and Amul on the legislations.
This is the sixth meeting the panel has held so far. The three-member committee is holding consultations with stakeholders both through the online mode and in person.
In a statement, the committee said it held interactions with various agro-processing industries, associations and procurement agencies on Tuesday.
Amid the agitation by farmers who are camping on Delhi s borders since November end, the Supreme Court had on January 12 stayed the implementation of the three contentious farm laws for two months and asked the committee to submit a report after consulting the stakeholders during this period.
SC appointed panel on farms laws holds discussions with industry
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New Delhi, Feb 9 : The expert committee, appointed by the Supreme Court to facilitate discussions on the three farm laws, on Tuesday held meetings with 18 stakeholders, including representatives from various industries.
Committee member, Dr Pramod Joshi told IANS that in the meeting, which was also attended by other panel members, Ashok Gulati and Anil Ghanwat, representatives from the private sector also gave their suggestions. This was the seventh meeting of the committee.
In a statement after the talks, the committee said that they held discussions, via video conferencing, with members of various agro-processing industries, agro-processing cooperatives and purchase agencies on Tuesday.
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Thailand is unlikely to remember the international rice market in 2020 favorably, especially for exporters specializing in standard long grain white and parboiled rice.
According to the US Department of Agriculture, Thai 2020 milled rice exports -– excluding Fragrant rice –- totaled 4.2 million mt as of Dec. 27, down 28% year on year. To make matters worse, 2019’s year-end total of 5.8 million mt was down 39% from 2018.
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Cheaper Indian rice saw much demand from Middle East during the pandemic due to problems in rice production of countries like Thailand and Vietnam and helped increase Indian rice exports during the ongoing fiscal.
Cheaper Indian rice saw much demand from Middle East during the pandemic due to problems in rice production of countries like Thailand and Vietnam and helped increase Indian rice exports during the ongoing fiscal.
Ocean freight has doubled and trebled because of a severe shortage of containers and delays have started affecting India’s export of major agricultural products like rice, grapes, cotton as also engineering goods. A decline in containers coming from China due to fall in imports from that country has boosted container shortages.