Rice has seen rising prices for the last two years. The average all-India wholesale price has moved up from Rs 1,781.04 a quintal in August 2011 to Rs 2,352.84 a quintal in July - Commodity for the week : Rice

The government’s recent emphasis on increasing foreign direct investment (FDI) has led to questions as to how well India has been doing on FDI of late - STATSGURU: Tracking India’s foreign direct investment story