Indian equities opened marginally higher on Thursday ahead of expiry-day volatility, with Sensex and Nifty gaining around 10 and 11 points,...

India has lifted its four-year ban on wheat and wheat product exports. This move is expected to help temper rising global prices for the st...

Over the next few trading sessions, the direction of the Nifty and Sensex will be determined by two things. One is, of course, the US-Iran ...

Coriander prices have surged significantly after heavy rains disrupted essential vegetable supplies. Ginger and garlic prices also show sub...

For the chemicals sector, it all depends on a transformation that is still unfolding and will take years to play out. Backward-integration ...

Madhusree Mukerjee's book revived the debate on the 1943 Bengal Famine, questioning Amartya Sen's analysis of food entitlement failures. Ne...

Near-record food inventories, improved farming technology and stronger exporters such as Brazil and Russia are expected to cushion the glob...

When a market starts to recover, as it is these days, the temptation is to chase whatever is running the fastest (essentially momentum). Bu...

The RBI has flagged El Niño and an uneven southwest monsoon as key risks to agriculture, rural demand and the broader economy, despite cutt...

Retail prices for pulses and cereals remained stable due to increased food grain production. Vegetable prices saw minimal seasonal variatio...

The ethanol story started simply enough: Cut India's dependence on imported crude oil. It would save foreign exchange. Give farmers a new a...

With global wheat prices soaring, Indian wheat stands to benefit from new export avenues. India, possessing ample wheat reserves, has set t...

June was one of the worst monsoon months since records began to be kept. That is bad news for agro-chemical companies, though better rains ...

Sugar is one of the oldest distressed sectors in India. For decades it has swung between glut and shortage, carried heavy debt, was depende...

The rainfall deficit has reduced to twelve percent with above-normal monsoon activity in early July. An El Nino year may not necessarily re...

A 10% rain deficit could add as much as one-percentage-point to headline consumer inflation driven by food prices, according to research by...

While India is currently facing 40 per cent rainfall deficit, the country has prepared district-level contingency plans to tackle possible ...