Mint Explainer: Why have farmers nearly quadrupled organic manure purchases this kharif season?

New Delhi, June 12 -- Indian farmers have purchased 1.14 million tonnes (mt) of organic manure in the ongoing kharif sowing season, a sharp increase from 324,000 tonnes in the corresponding period las... Read More

Urea import prices halve in latest tender, offering relief to subsidy bill

New Delhi, June 10 -- India's fertilizer subsidy burden could ease after the government's latest tender to import 1.7 million tonnes (mt) of urea drew sharply lower landed price bids, relieving pressu... Read More

Makhana and litchi help Bihar pip larger states in food processing scheme sops

New Delhi, June 8 -- Bihar has emerged as the top beneficiary of the Centre's Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme, with processing clusters built around lo... Read More

Monsoon advances into more states; IMD warns of heavy rain in the south

New Delhi, June 8 -- The southwest monsoon has advanced into parts of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, raising hopes for an early boost to kharif sowing. The weather office has al... Read More

Monsoon advances over northeast, but IMD warns of heatwaves in northwest and other places

New Delhi, June 7 -- The southwest monsoon advanced further on Sunday, covering more areas of the west-central Bay of Bengal and the northeastern states. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has ... Read More

Monsoon set to hit Kerala in days as IMD warns of storms, heatwave conditions

NEW DELHI, June 1 -- The southwest monsoon is expected to reach Kerala within the next two to three days, marking the start of a season critical to India's farm economy, even as the India Meteorologic... Read More

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