Paddy politics, too, came to the fore with the Finance Minister saying that while the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) had suggested a minimum support price of Rs 1000, all states were not on board. "Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa wanted the common variety price to be declared at Rs 850. Some wanted it even lower. Chattisgarh wanted it at Rs 745," the Finance Minister said.
A teenage girl eats five kilograms of raw paddy along with its husk every day.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/5-kg-paddy-a-day-keeps-grooms-away/57673-13.html
The farmers are seeking parity between the MSP of paddy and wheat.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/low-support-price-for-paddy-angers-ap-farmers/52724-3.html
The TDP has been pressing for the minimum supply price of paddy to be at par with wheat.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/tdp-vs-centre-on-paddy-price-issue/52656-3.html
The Kerala government is facing the heat, or in this case, the waterlogging.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/kerala-farmers-on-fast-unto-death-against-mining-mafia/48644-3.html
Heavy rains lashed West and East Godavari, Guntur, Prakasam and Krishna districts of AP following cyclone Ogni.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/35-killed-in-ap-cyclone-ogni/25572-3.html
Dozens of Nepali women stripped naked and ploughed their fields in west Nepal, hoping to appease the gods.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/women-strip-and-plough-for-rain/19116-13.html
An Irish bookmaker's proposal to hold the world's biggest strip poker contest will become reality next month.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/playing-strip-poker-for-the-world-to-see/16905-13.html
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