At some US stores, the price of a 20-pound bag of one of the affected rice variants has surged from $16 to almost $50. India Bazaar, a specialty retailer with 10 locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth ...

BANGALORE: In order to stabilise the prices of sona masuri rice in the open market, the state government has urged the centre to lift the ban imposed on its export from the state.

Already, the Sona Masuri paddy price has risen from ₹1,500 a quintal in December last year to ₹2,200 a quintal now. The wholesale Sona Masuri rice prices are consequently up from ₹3,000 a ...

The Rice Exporters Association (TREA) has appealed to Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal to allow the export of Sona Masuri white rice under a separate HSN code and reevaluate the minimum export price ...

Sona Masoori should be exempted from the ban. Pointing out that Indians in the US largely consume Sona Masoori rice, Kiran Kumar urged the central government to exempt Sona Masoori rice from the ban.