- Farmers to subsidise Centre's pet food law
Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar has been consistently batting for opening up exports in order to allow the farmer get a better price for ...
25 Apr, 2011, 08.36 PM IST
- CEPA with Japan lacks transparency: Farmer groups
The ICCFM has charged the Central government with complete lack of transparency on the implications of the proposed CEPA with Japan.
16 Sep, 2010, 06.28 PM IST
- PotashCorp acquisition may add to fertiliser subsidy bill
ndia seems relegated to a bit role in the ongoing global potash sector buyout drama despite being the biggest importer in the world.
31 Aug, 2010, 12.40 AM IST
- ISMA pegs year end sugar stocks at much higher than food min
The countrys carryover stocks into the 2010-11 sugar season from the current year will be as high as 4.9 million tonnes, the Indian Sugar M...
14 Jun, 2010, 10.21 PM IST
- Wheat prices drop on extra allocation on PDS
Centre's wheat product export decision meant mainly to save on storage costs, global market not bright for prices.
07 May, 2010, 06.45 AM IST
- Fuel doping: Govt to rework pricing formula for ethanol
Centre is gearing up to rework the formula for pricing ethanol in order to activate the ethanol supply tenders from sugar factories to OMCs...
23 Dec, 2009, 01.26 AM IST
- Govt to rework the formula for pricing ethanol
In an urgent bid to revive the mandatory blending of 5% ethanol with petrol, the Centre is gearing up to rework the formula for pricing eth...
22 Dec, 2009, 08.34 PM IST
Basmati prices shoot up, govt may hike MEPPrices for basmati rice varieties have shot up from earlier lows, indicating exporters are willing to buy from farmers at higher prices.
17 Nov, 2009, 08.45 PM IST
- Govt may import 1-mn tonne of sugar to boost availability
Duty-free white sugar imports into India could be upped by another one million tonnes to boost domestic availability and keep prices under ...
28 Oct, 2009, 09.36 PM IST
- Iranian team to arrive soon for inspecting basmati quality
In a concerted bid to defuse the controversy over Basmati exports to Iran, the All India Rice Exporters Association (AIREA) has extended an...
02 Oct, 2009, 04.23 AM IST
- AIREA invites Iranian organisations over Basmati export row
In a concerted bid to defuse the controversy over Basmati exports to Iran, the All India Rice Exporters Association (AIREA)has extended an ...
01 Oct, 2009, 10.26 PM IST
- Govt extends deadline for exporting non-basmati rice
The government on Monday extended a deadline for exporting 55,000 tonnes of non-basmati rice to four African countries by three months, jus...
12 May, 2009, 03.05 AM IST
- Industry scales up sugar estimates for 2008-09
Total sugar production in 2008-09 may exceed 147 lakh (14.7 million) tonnes , according to the latest estimate made by the sugar industry.
29 Apr, 2009, 09.34 PM IST
- Government approves policy changes for raw sugar imports
Government has approved policy changes for raw sugar imports made under the Advanced License scheme at a Cabinet Committee on Economic Affa...
30 Jan, 2009, 01.46 PM IST
- Govt approves policy changes for raw sugar imports
The government has approved policy changes for raw sugar improts made under the Advanced License (AL) scheme at a meeting of the of the Cab...
29 Jan, 2009, 09.04 PM IST
- Govt likely to announce policy change on import of raw sugar
The government is likely, at long last, to announce a decision taken on a crucial change in the policy governing import of raw sugar under ...
29 Jan, 2009, 11.13 AM IST
- Sugar raw imports pick up on reigning confusion
In addition to an estimated one million tonne of sugar import by private sector firms such as EID Parry and Renuka Sugar, public sector com...
26 Jan, 2009, 06.48 PM IST