New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- Sales of key fertilizers such as urea, DAP, MOP and complex declined in July, when maximum planting of kharif crops takes place, fuelling apprehensions of a likely drop in produc... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- Sowing area under all Kharif crops has reached near 88 per cent of the season's normal area while deficit from year-ago level has narrowed to less than 2 per cent until August 7.... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 9 -- The government is considering restricting the use of Carbosulfan, a popular insecticide used on paddy, cotton, and horticulture crops, with a final decision expected by the end of... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- After lower acreage for almost two months since the sowing started, the acreage under Kharif oilseeds is nearly 3 per cent up at 180.20 lakh hectares (lh) currently. If August rem... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- India has achieved 99 per cent of its rice procurement target of 575.52 lakh tonnes (lt) so far. It is 5 per cent higher than the year-ago level. As the new marketing season begin... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- More than a year after its announcement, one of India's two gene-edited rice varieties is set to be planted in the upcoming rabi season for seed multiplication. The Indian Council... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- India may formally adopt gene editing by mentioning it in the proposed seed Bill either through main Bill or in the Rules if the government accepts experts' suggestions to avoid t... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 2 -- Fertiliser demand recovered in the first half of July as kharif sowing gathered pace after a weather-induced slowdown in May and June. The latest sales data show that farmers cont... Read More
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