India, Oct. 9 -- India needs to look beyond farming to create decent jobs and raise rural household incomes, as many rural families depend on multiple sources of livelihood because farming alone does ... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- The US grain industry is making a fresh push to get American maize into India's expanding ethanol economy, this time arguing that corn should be judged on its life cycle carbon em... Read More
India, Oct. 8 -- While India has not approved herbicide-tolerant Bt (HTBt) cotton, farmers appear to be adopting it at scale. A new field study estimates that unauthorised cotton was cultivated on 65-... Read More
India, Oct. 8 -- India's rural employment guarantee which began in 2005 was largely built around the basic needs of rural India, conserving water, preventing drought, improving irrigation, developing ... Read More
India, Oct. 8 -- The cost of a home-cooked vegetarian thali rose 10% year-on-year in September, while a non-vegetarian thali became 6% more expensive, as higher onion, edible oil, rice and LPG prices ... Read More
India, Oct. 5 -- Sugar prices have come down from its August peak of Rs.65 per kilogram to the current Rs.53 per kilogram, but the government continues to keep a close watch on the market. While its ... Read More
India, Oct. 2 -- Neha Bora, national president of the All India Students' Association (AISA) feels Friday's Jantar Mantar protests is not an isolated call centred on the national Capital but the one t... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- With sugar prices having surged earlier this year, the Centre has further tightened stockholding limits for dealers as the new sugar season begins and India enters its peak festiv... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- With sugar prices having surged earlier this year, the Centre has further tightened stockholding limits for dealers as the new sugar season begins and India enters its peak festiv... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- India's southwest monsoon ended on Wednesday with rainfall 12.6% below normal. The country recorded 759.4mm of rain during June-September, making it the fourth-lowest monsoon rain... Read More