El Niño effect: Why India may see weak monsoon and harsher summerIndia faces a double blow as the IMD forecasts below-normal monsoon rainfall, with a 60% chance of deficient rains due to El Niño. This, co...
30 May, 2026, 01.56 PM IST
Dry Days Ahead: Monsoon likely to be below normalIndia anticipates below-average monsoon rains this year, with precipitation expected to be less than 90% of the long-period average. This f...
30 May, 2026, 05.30 AM IST
India to get below normal rainfall with precipitation less than 90% of LPA: IMDIndia anticipates below-average monsoon rains this year, with precipitation expected to be less than 90% of the Long Period Average (LPA). ...
29 May, 2026, 06.07 PM IST
Macro, the Mightiest: Why India’s biggest macro variable still falls from the skyThe 2026 monsoon comes with a clear warning: Rainfall is forecast at 92% of the long-period average, with higher-than-usual probability of ...
24 May, 2026, 06.11 PM IST
Agri Minister takes stock of crop losses from hailstorm, heavy rainfall as fresh Western Disturbance loomsUnion Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has directed officials to assess crop losses due to heavy rainfall and hailstorms across s...
06 Apr, 2026, 12.34 AM IST
Centre pushes states on fertiliser black-marketing, MSP procurement; 9.25 crore farmer IDs createdUnion Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan urged states to achieve 100% farmer registration for schemes within six months, emphasizin...
02 Apr, 2026, 12.15 PM IST
Centre pushes states on fertiliser black-marketing, MSP procurement; 9.25 cr farmer IDs createdUnion Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan reviewed farmer registration, fertilizer distribution, and pulse procurement with state mi...
02 Apr, 2026, 12.04 PM IST
Haryana subsidises pesticides to control locustThe Agriculture Minister has also appealed to the farmers to inspect their fields and immediately report the presence of any locust attack ...
06 Feb, 2020, 07.57 PM IST
Urea supply: Wheat growers in Punjab, Haryana resort to panic buyingAs per reports, farmers protested against the "shortage" of urea at Cheeka area in Kaithal district of Haryana and blocked traffic yesterda...
12 Dec, 2014, 02.53 PM IST
Rs 52.11 crore approved under food security missionThis initiative would help encourage production and subsidisation of wheat, pulses, coarse cereals and commercial crops like sugarcane and ...
26 May, 2014, 07.53 PM IST
Haryana fixes wheat output target of 127.48 LT for rabi seasonHaryana govt has fixed a target to achieve production of 127.48 LT of wheat during the ongoing rabi season 2013-14 (October-March).
27 Oct, 2013, 12.46 PM IST
- Prolonged rains can cause damage to wheat crop: Experts
Farm experts today warned of damage to wheat crop if downpour accompanied by high speed winds prolongs for the next couple of days.
05 Feb, 2013, 03.27 PM IST
- Haryana's rice output hits all-time high at 39.76 LT
This has been achieved despite the state received 36.8 per cent less rainfall as against the normal rainfall.
30 Jan, 2013, 04.53 PM IST
- Haryana Agriculture Department distributes turbo happy seeders to farmers
The Haryana Agriculture Department, distributed five turbo happy seeders to farmers in Karnal on Wednesday.
07 Nov, 2012, 07.36 PM IST
- Punjab, Haryana eye higher wheat output amid favourable weather
The cold weather conditions this month have raised the hopes of a bumper wheat crop in Punjab and Haryana this season.
31 Jan, 2012, 02.12 PM IST
- Paddy plantation in Haryana reaches three lakh hectare
Paddy plantation in Haryana has touched the three lakh hectare mark and the target set for the current year is likely to be achieved soon.
28 Jun, 2011, 08.03 PM IST
- Cotton sowing affected as shooting mercury singes germinating seeds
Soaring temperatures across Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan have burnt germinating cotton seedlings, signalling a shortfall in output this se...
28 May, 2010, 12.27 AM IST