Heat a concern for wheat crop: SkymetWheat is mainly grown in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Maharashtra, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh. The crop is planted in Octob...
India's wheat crop is in exceptionally good condition, says Gyanendra Singh, Director, ICAR-IIWBRIn 2022, India's wheat output fell when a severe heat wave reduced production drastically, shrinking procurement, which fell to 18.792 MT i...
FCI to undertake open market sale for 2-3 MT wheatTill last year, the Centre used to sell excess wheat held by government agencies in the open market through tendering. It used to maintain ...
High-yielding crop varieties, favourable weather expected to add wheat output by 5 million tonnes this year: IIWBRThe high-yielding varieties include DBW 187, DBW 303, DBW 222 and HD 3226, he said, adding that these varieties are sown mostly in Haryana,...
Wheat output likely to rise by 5 MT this year: Gyanendra SinghIndia is likely to produce 112 million tonnes of wheat during the harvest period, which will be 5 million tonnes more than last year, he ad...
Jio says other telcos levying hidden charges on customersReliance Jio President for network, global strategy and service development Mathew Oommen told that telecom operators need to build an all ...
ISRO spectrum demand may hit 5G rollout in India, say industry expertsInternational Telecommunication Union (ITU), under the United Nations, will hold a conference next month in Egypt to finalise use of 26 GHz...
- Fungal disease affects wheat in parts of Punjab
In 2012, major wheat-growing states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand were hit by the ...
- Punjab, Haryana eye 285 lakh tonnes wheat for rabi 2012-13
As paddy harvesting is still going on in both the states, wheat sowing has not picked up pace with Haryana seeing crop sowing trailing, off...
- Traders not expecting significant premium for wheat this winter
Sowing in over 90% of the area under wheat is over across the country but late sowing is continuing in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bi...
- India takes steps to protect wheat from global warming
Although no major impact has been observed on wheat production due to global warming in India in the recent past, the government has taken ...
- Wheat prodcuton to increase by 2 mn tonne in 2009-10
Wheat acreage and production is expected to increase in 2009-10 rabi season. A large area, which was not sown under rice due to poor monsoo...
Rabi crops get a lifeline on late rainsThe agriculture ministry expects no major dip in the coverage of food crops.
- Agri ministry expects rise in wheat production
Considering cumulative rainfall from June to September, expected retention of moisture in soil between October and December, and recharge i...
- GSLV-FO4 blasts off
After a delay of two hours, India's GSLV-FO4 soared into the sky at 6.21 pm from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here on Sunday.
- Winter showers to boost wheat output
Winter rains in northern India have raised hopes of high wheat production - over 74 million tonnes - this year, according to a leading whea...