Despite a 14% rainfall deficit during the just-concluded monsoon season, the agriculture GDP growth rate is likely to accelerate to…
Consumer affairs ministry aims at effective market intervention
In a bid to deal with increasing incident of pest attacks on the cotton crop, especially in the bordering districts…
Trade in current fiscal likely to lag behind last year’s record
With 17 of the 29 states in the country including large ones like Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Andhra…
While the government agencies have surplus wheat stocks, Indian food companies have imported 4.2 lakh tonne of the grain —mostly…
Initiated in 2001, ITC’s Integrated Watershed Development Programme has covered 5,00,000 acre in 12 states, where ITC has factory or…
While inadequate storage facilities are blamed for wastage of grains, one state-of-the-art silo built by the Adani Group at Hooghly…
Shrinking realisation from Basmati rice exports in the last two years has pulled down paddy prices at key mandis across…
Despite a substantial decline in rice procurement in Punjab and Haryana, the government agencies have purchased 31.9 million tonne (mt)…
Meanwhile, efforts to contain bovine diseases are proving successful
The foodgrain stocks held with Food Corporation of India (FCI) and state government-owned agencies has declined to 48.3 million tonne…
With several regions facing severe deficit in the monsoon, an agriculture ministry advisory has asked farmers to grow contingency crops…
The purpose of bringing private players into rice procurement operations is to improve efficiency in transportation, packaging and storage of…
Crop area higher than last year; deflationary trend to help
To move a Cabinet note for allocation of additional 3.5 LT wheat
Leakages and diversion of subsidised food grains under the TPDS continue to be at unacceptable levels whereas the rollout of…
The Centre will transfer subsidies at the rate of R22 per kg for rice and R16 per kg for wheat
