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Urea prices have plunged; so why is fertilizer subsidy bill under strain?

New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- India may face pressure on its massive fertilizer subsidy bill this year, as a price spike in one category of soil nutrients outweighs a decline in another. While the global pri... Read More


Fertilizer management gets a digital overhaul for end-to-end tracking, subsidy targeting

New Delhi, Aug. 30 -- The government is turning its fertilizer management system into a more data-driven platform, linking sales with farmer, land and crop records and tracking supplies more closely f... Read More


India to get widespread rainfall over the week: IMD

New Delhi, Aug. 27 -- Several parts of India are likely to receive widespread rain over the week, with the south-west monsoon remaining active across much of the country, according to the India Meteor... Read More


Nepal flash floods trigger Gandak alert in Bihar; several districts at risk

New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- A massive flash flood originating from the Tibet-Nepal border on Wednesday has raised concerns over a possible surge in the Gandak river in Bihar, prompting authorities in the st... Read More


Heavy rain to lash north, central India; flash flood risk in several districts

New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- Several parts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, as well as eastern and northeastern India, are likely to receive heavy rainfall, with many areas at risk of flash floods. A lo... Read More


Mint explainer: why the Centre wants to extend its Rs.10,000 crore food-processing scheme

New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- The Ministry of Food Processing Industries has sought a five-year extension for its flagship Rs.10,000 crore Pradhan Mantri Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PM... Read More


Centre to leverage AI for maintaining rural roads

New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- New Delhi: The Centre is planning to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into e-MARG to enable GPS-enabled dashcam footage to replace isolated manual photographs during road i... Read More


IMD forecasts widespread rain across central, northeast India; monsoon activity to stay subdued over peninsular region

New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- A low-pressure area over northeast Madhya Pradesh and adjoining areas is likely to trigger isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall in east Madhya Pradesh on 22 August, while monsoo... Read More


Mint Explainer | PM Modi's 'Sapt Dhara': India's farm-to-food strategy and why it matters

New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day address put agriculture alongside manufacturing, technology, infrastructure and defence as one of seven streams driving India towa... Read More


India allows duty-free sugar imports as prices surge

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- India has allowed duty-free imports of up to 1 million tonnes of raw sugar until 31 October, marking its first significant sugar import, as the government moves to cool soaring d... Read More