New Delhi, Sept. 22 -- Despite a decline in paddy acreage amid rainfall deficits, the government has set a target to purchase 71.95 million tonnes of the foodgrain during the kharif marketing season (... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- The government has doubled the stockholding limit for bulk sugar consumers to 30 days but restricted the additional amount to imports under the Advance Authorisation Scheme (AAS... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- With some consumers increasingly opting for jaggery as a natural, less-processed alternative to refined sugar, prices of the traditional sweetener have risen amid high sugar pri... Read More
NEW DELHI, Sept. 10 -- The cup that cheers is turning bitter for northeast India as rising temperatures, erratic rainfall and extreme weather threaten the yields and quality of the region's iconic tea... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 3 -- The Centre plans to hold an interministerial meeting to devise a forward-looking strategy to diversify ethanol feedstocks amid declining sugarcane and maize acreage, three people... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- Rising edible oil prices are emerging as a fresh risk to India's inflation outlook, with prices up 12-15% over the past year on higher global prices, freight costs and rupee depr... Read More
New Delhi, July 27 -- New Delhi: India's revamped rural jobs programme is emerging as an early driver of women's economic participation, with them contributing nearly two-thirds of the work generated ... Read More
New Delhi, July 12 -- As the threat of an El Niño clouds the outlook for this year's kharif crop, the government is entering the season with its strongest foodgrain buffer in five years. Latest a... Read More