New Delhi, July 31 -- After a 35 per cent deficit in June, India's monsoon rainfall in July was 1 per cent above normal, helping the country reduce the overall shortfall during the first two months of... Read More
New Delhi, July 29 -- After consistently allocating lower sugar for sales in the domestic market, the Indian government has allotted a 22.5 lakh tonnes (lt) quota for August, which is the same as the ... Read More
New Delhi, July 28 -- The Indian government has issued an order fixing a maximum stock limit of 400 tonnes of sugar that any dealer can keep at any point of time till November 30 and traders have been... Read More
New Delhi, July 28 -- With maize area in the top five producing states dipped more than 13 per cent -- maximum 34 per cent in Karnataka -- the government's ethanol blending programme is likely to depe... Read More
New Delhi, July 27 -- With more than 3 lakh hectares (lh) higher area sown during past week, compared to the year-ago period, Indian farmers have further bridged the deficit to less than 5 per cent wh... Read More
New Delhi, July 21 -- Moong is the only pulse crop for which the government claims India has attained self-sufficiency. Farmers have stuck to the crop despite realising lower rates. Over 62 per cent o... Read More
New Delhi, July 19 -- As the Centre scales up grain-based ethanol production to support higher blending targets and reduce dependence on imported fossil fuels, the food ministry has reserved 72 lakh t... Read More
New Delhi, July 17 -- Even as FPOs are waiting to get declared a "deemed mandis" by States to help them independently carry out buying and selling activities, some of the representatives have demanded... Read More
New Delhi, July 15 -- In a major push toward self-reliance in fertilizers, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved the National Investment Policy for Urea-2026. The poli... Read More
New Delhi, July 15 -- The seasonal rainfall deficit since June 1 has narrowed to 23 per cent, showing a marginal improvement from the 37 per cent deficiency recorded at the end of June. Data from the ... Read More