Indian wheat traders are not particularly enthused by the recent surge in global prices as the scope for them to…

In an unexpected move, wheat prices that were poised to drop sharply under the weight of rising inventories have jumped…

As the government and policymakers debate the efficacy of universalising the public distribution system, India?s apex court….

To attract more private players in storage and warehousing, the government is believed to have extended the duration of…

To augment storage facilities for food grain storage, the central government plans to tweak its existing seven-year…

The recent monsoon rains in most parts of the country have pushed up the cost of daily food basket, which…

Months after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged states to lift their quantity of allocated foodgrain under various….

Prices of global raw sugar have dropped by almost 37% in New York and with all major producing countries like…

Billed as the most ambitious social programme of UPA-II, the Bill to provide a national food safety net to all…

The sudden sacking of the MD of one of India?s biggest farmers? cooperatives, Nafed, is the latest in a series…

The government has partially relaxed the ban on exports of cotton, which it had imposed in April, by allowing shipments…

Instead of a 3-4% rise in truck rentals warranted by the recent hike in diesel prices, hiring charges for trucks…

Rubber prices are burning. Fuelled by rising auto sales, tyre demand has shot up, putting severe upward pressure on rubber…

The UPA government wants to use public sector enterprises to finance some of its social welfare programmes. The department of…

The first meeting of the working group on agriculture was held recently. The group comprising the CMs of Haryana, Punjab…

The MSP of kharif crops for the 2010-11 crop marketing season has been announced. The big surprise is pulses. The…

Twenty-six years is a terribly long time for a court verdict to be handed out, as has happened in the…