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kharif crop, monsoon rainfall, fertilizer, Indus Waters Treaty, crop production

Govt targets fresh record for grains output in 2025-26

India sets a record 354.64 MT foodgrain output target for 2025-26, driven by an ‘above normal’ monsoon forecast. Focus on…

May 8, 2025 20:46 IST

tur, economy, wheat, minimum support price, MSP, agriculture

Govt to purchase over 0.5 MT of tur, highest since FY20

India to procure over 0.5 million tonnes of tur in 2024-25, the highest since FY20, amid robust crop output. Wheat…

May 5, 2025 21:51 IST

rice, genom rice, economy, Kamala, Pusa DST Rice 1, basmati rice

India unveils ‘world’s first’ genome-edited rice

India unveils the world’s first genome-edited rice varieties—Kamala and Pusa DST Rice 1—promising 25–30% higher yields without foreign DNA. These…

May 4, 2025 20:16 IST

good monsoon, inflation, CPI inflation, rural income, rural consumption, interest rate, repo rate, RBI, agriculture output, agricultural activity, IMD, rainfall distribution, food price stability

Above normal monsoon likely to spur rural demand: Companies

Companies and experts have said with a significant portion of India’s net cultivated area relying on monsoon rains for irrigation,…

April 16, 2025 21:19 IST

India Meteorological Department, IMD, monsoon, weather, rainfall

Skymet predicts normal monsoon, with sluggish start

Skymet forecasts a normal monsoon for 2025, with 103% of the long-period average rainfall. While the season may start slowly,…

April 8, 2025 21:47 IST

Sowing, oilseeds, edible oils, import, economy, Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan, PM-AASHA

Sowing of oilseeds gets a summer boost

India boosts oilseeds production with summer sowing in 10 states under the National Mission on Edible Oils. The initiative aims…

April 8, 2025 20:55 IST

India targets nationwide digital crop surveys (DCS) by 2025-26 Kharif season. (Image Source: PTI)

Pan-India digital crop survey likely from next kharif season

India’s government is accelerating the shift to digital crop surveys (DCS), aiming for nationwide coverage by the 2025-26 Kharif season.…

March 30, 2025 20:14 IST

non-urea subsidy, kharif crops, economy, urea, DAP, Muriate of Potash, MOP, farmer

Cabinet nod to non-urea subsidy of Rs 37,216 crore for kharif 2025

The Cabinet has approved a Rs 37,216 crore subsidy for phosphatic and potassic fertilizers for Kharif 2025, ensuring stable prices…

March 28, 2025 19:49 IST

rural, agricultural, National Livestock Mission, Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, National Sample Survey

Building rural resilience

Shift in rural incomes, with reduced dependence on pure cultivation, is an encouraging trend that helps pull out excess and…

December 25, 2024 04:30 IST

crops, farmers, kharif crops, Green Revolution, Rice, MSP

An unintended consequence of policy

The late sowing policy for kharif crops in Punjab and Haryana is a textbook example of a solution that ended…

November 21, 2024 04:45 IST

gross value added, Farmers, economy, Kharif crops, crops, farming,

Kharif output seen up 5.4 per cent, to boost rural income

For the first time agriculture ministry has prepared area estimates using Digital Crop Survey (DCS) data under the Digital Agriculture…

November 6, 2024 00:30 IST

Robust kharif prospects, imports to moderate pulses prices

“While there has been an uptick in retail prices of pulses because of festive demand, wholesale prices have already started…

November 4, 2024 02:20 IST

Paddy crops, Economy, Rice, Paddy procurement, Kharif season, FCI

Paddy procurement in Punjab and Haryana down 39 per cent

Agencies are aiming to buy 72.23 MT of paddy (48.51 MT of rice equivalent) in the current kharif season against…

October 19, 2024 03:30 IST

Monsoon starts withdrawal, rainfall 5 per cent above benchmark

Overall sowing of kharif crops such as paddy, pulses, oilseeds, coarse cereals and sugarcane have been up 1.5% on year…

September 24, 2024 05:45 IST

Kharif Crops, Crops, Agricultural Ministry, Economy

Agriculture ministry projects higher kharif production of rice, pulses; cotton output seen to dip

The overall rainfall this season since June 1 till Friday has been 6.4% above the benchmark long period average or…

September 21, 2024 05:00 IST

Kharif sowing up 2.2% on year, harvest-season rains may impact yield

At 109.66 million hectare, kharif sowing of paddy, pulses, oilseeds, coarse cereals, cotton and sugarcane was up 2.2% on year,…

September 18, 2024 00:45 IST

Adverse impact of surplus rains on kharif crops less than 2%: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

In the southern peninsula and central India, monsoon rainfall has been 23.4% and 18.9% more than the benchmark so far…

September 14, 2024 00:30 IST

Likely rains during harvest may impact kharif yield

An agriculture ministry official said that sowing of crops is likely to continue for another fortnight and may cross the…

September 10, 2024 02:30 IST

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