India received 11% surplus rainfall in June, while July was 10% deficient. Between August 1 and 26, the rainfall departure across country a...

Most parts of northwest and central India received deficit rainfall, but farmers in Punjab and Haryana have access to canal irrigation that...

The normal monsoon prediction by IMD has been motivated by data set that came out of Bureau of Meteorology from Australia, which has downgr...

Cultivation of pulses has expanded 41 per cent this year, which should calm soaring prices, latest official data shows.

Cotton has left many Gujarat farmers in distress and sparked fears that Saurashtra region may turn into another Vidarbha.

North Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan besides some areas in central India have seen weak rainfall this season.

The weather office predicts monsoon showers in northern India in a few days, calming concerns of farmers after a parched June.

The agriculture ministry is making unprecedented preparations to counter impact of weak monsoon rains, which will be the top priority for t...

Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said that India's GDP may expand only 6% in the current fiscal, dipping below the nine-year low of 6.5% recorded...

Soyabean processors, the bedrock of India's protein industry, are increasingly getting anxious as acreage in Madhya Pradesh.

The country has received 14% less rains than the long-period average (LPA) till Thursday since the beginning of the monsoon season on June ...

With a normal monsoon forecast every state has increased its estimates.

This year, with a normal monsoon forecast by the India Meteorological Department, every state has increased its estimates for area under kh...

Soaring temperatures across Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan have burnt germinating cotton seedlings, signalling a shortfall in output this se...

Firm international cotton prices have provided support to the domestic market, with spot prices increasing in a month. Good weather and exp...

The rains may lash this year, or stay in a trickle. But FMCG will survive.

Drought affected states are a long way yet from giving individual assessments to the Centre as to how much sparse monsoon has impacted crop...