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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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