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Science at scale: India’s journey from food security to global leadershipToday, India is the world’s largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices; the largest exporter of rice; and among the leading producers of ...
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...
Too hot to handle: Heatwave in North India slows textile, rice supply chainsNorthern India's blistering heatwaves are wreaking havoc on vital industries, significantly hampering the trade of Basmati rice and textile...
Govt sees 3 pc fall in wheat output at 106.41 million tonnes in 2021-22Agriculture secretary Manoj Ahuja had last week attributed the the fall in wheat production to lower crop yields, mainly in Punjab and Hary...
Enough stock sent to states for free grain distribution to PDS beneficiaries under PMGKAYUnder PMGKAY, 5 kg foodgrains per ration card holder and one kg pulses per household will be given for next three months. This is over and ...
Govt proposes up to 7% increase in MSP for Rabi cropsThe development comes ahead of the assembly election in the food bowl state of Haryana.
Demonetisation likely to wipe out farmers' gains: NCMLFrom the current data, it appears that foodgrain production would touch a record high of 270 mt, a seven per cent growth from the last year.
Government says unseasonal rain adversely affected rabi crop outputIndia's foodgrains production is estimated to decline by 3.2 per cent at 257.07 million tonnes in the 2014-15 crop year.
Govt mulls supplying packed foodgrains via ration shopsIn order to plug leakages in PDS and supply quality foodgrain under the new food law to 67% of the country's population, govt is looking at...
Government examining high inflation in foodgrains: KV ThomasFood Minister KV Thomas said government is examining reasons for "undue" rise in prices of foodgrains despite high production.
Adopt GM crops to meet food requirement under food law: Sharad PawarSharad Pawar today said the country should adopt genetically modified (GM) crops in order to meet extra requirement of foodgrains.
- Foodgrains production to exceed 250 mln tons this yr: Pawar
The final estimate of foodgrains production for the last year has been revised upward marginally to a record 259 million tonnes.
No storage space for bumper stock in India's food bowl Punjab & HarayanaThe storage houses and government godowns are packed with previous year's produce, leaving no space for the fresh produce in the country's ...
- Storage crisis: Haryana asks Centre to move grains from state
Bhupinder Singh Hooda today requested the Centre to immediately lift large quantity of foodgrains from the state.
- Wheat procurement swells to record 32.6 mt this year so far
Wheat procurement in the country has grown to a record 32.6 million tonnes (mt) this year so far.
- Govt says eastern region food surplus on back of green revolution plan
The eastern region of the country, which occasionally hits the headlines for starvation deaths, has turned into a food surplus zone thanks ...
- Agri and allied sector to grow by 3.5 pc this fiscal: Pawar
The minister said the food situation was comfortable and production of wheat, rice, pulses and sugarcane would be higher than last year.
- Grim scenario in ‘Food Bowl of India’ forces govt to turn east
The fast-depleting groundwater levels and subsidised electricity supply to farmers in Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh spell doom ...
- Haryana targets 152 lakh tonnes of foodgrain output
The Haryana government has fixed a target of 152 lakh tonnes of foodgrain production in the current financial year against 147.63 lakh tonn...
- Ministry to seek cut in foodgrain stocks
The food ministry is planning to seek an extension to the decisions taken by the government to reduce huge foodgrain stocks, when they come...