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Pakistan duty drawback benefits may spoil India's Basmati party

New Delhi, June 17 -- Pakistan plans to extend duty drawback benefit to its Basmati exporters beyond June, as it has helped improve shipments of the aromatic rice. The benefit was introduced in late J... Read More


Centre's foodgrain reserves at record high as ElNinothreatenskharifproduction

New Delhi, June 16 -- India's foodgrain reserves in the Central Pool surged to a record high of 122 million tonnes (mt) as of June 1. Equal to the country's entire annual rice consumption, this massi... Read More


India receives 32% deficient rains during June 1-15: IMD

New Delhi, June 15 -- India received 42.4 mm rainfall in the first fortnight of the monsoon season that began on June 1, against the normal 62.1 mml, registering a deficit of 32 per cent. Three of th... Read More


12 ships carrying 6 lt of urea and DAP may head to India once Strait of Hormuz opens

New Delhi, June 15 -- The Indian government on Monday said that with a stock of 196.65 lakh tonnes (lt) of fertiliser as of June 14, the availability of the crop nutrients is sufficient to meet demand... Read More


Blooming paradox: India's flower industry hits record highs even as the Northeast withers

New Delhi, June 14 -- India's floriculture sector is, by every headline metric, in full bloom. The area under flower cultivation has touched a record 4 lakh hectares in 2025-26, recovering sharply fro... Read More


APEDA releases SOP on rice export to China, orders for immediate compliance

New Delhi, June 12 -- APEDA has issued a new SOP for rice exports following China's rejection of non-basmati consignments over alleged GMO (genetically modified organisms) contamination. It has begun ... Read More


India likely to boost urea imports beyond 17 LT as tender prices plunge over 50%

New Delhi, June 11 -- Following significantly lower-than-expected bids for National Fertilizer Ltd (NFL)'s recent 1.7-million-tonne urea import tender, the Indian government is reportedly weighing pla... Read More


Complex fertilizer sales up 27% in May, chops of saving from lower sales of urea

New Delhi, June 9 -- After higher sales for two months since the US-Israel conflict against Iran began, India has been able to contain consumption of major fertilisers, such as urea and di-ammonia pho... Read More


Stagnating Indian sugarcane area during an El Nino year may leave balance on a knife-edge

New Delhi, June 9 -- India's sugarcane acreage is on track to hit 5.85 million hectares (mh) for 2026-27, flat against last year's levels as sowing nears completion. However, with end-of-season closin... Read More