India's food price surge forces government measures to improve suppliesWhile annual retail inflation was at a 15-month high of 7.44% in July, food price inflation rose to 11.5%, its highest in more than 3 1/2 y...
25 Aug, 2023, 07.17 AM IST
War, wheat and eggs give India a recipe for export victoryThe warring countries, Russia and Ukraine, are the world’s leading producer and exporter of wheat and other agri commodities. As their supp...
28 Mar, 2022, 01.22 PM IST
India's curb on futures trade threatens food supply chainMonday's halt, targeting items such as soybeans, edible oils, wheat, rice, and chickpeas as authorities move to cool rising inflation, was ...
22 Dec, 2021, 02.03 PM IST
Food inflation expected to soften in coming monthsRetail inflation had accelerated to 4.48% in October from 4.35% in September, while wholesale inflation had increased to a five-month high ...
18 Nov, 2021, 09.54 AM IST
Uncertainty about extension of stock limit on pulses prevailsSome of the major price control policy measures taken by the central government, such as ban on trading of chana on the NCDEX, opening of i...
03 Nov, 2021, 10.39 PM IST
Yellow peas prices touch 100/kg on firm demand, shrinking supplyRetail prices of yellow peas have surged to a record Rs 100 per kg owing to firm demand and dwindling supply. This happened as wholesale pr...
11 Jan, 2021, 11.47 AM IST
Food items back to pre-Covid pricesImprovement in capacity utilisation at mills and in transportation, good stock with consumers and government distribution of food to the po...
30 May, 2020, 11.36 AM IST
Duty hike on US Chana, Masur may not impact prices hereCanada accounts for 90 per cent of India’s masur imports, while the US accounts for only 7.4 per cent.
22 Jun, 2018, 11.37 AM IST
Demonetisation: Pulses market sees steep correctionLack of buyers in mandis has started worrying traders. Prices are expected to correct further as over 20-25 lakh tonnes export of chana, ma...
18 Nov, 2016, 02.51 PM IST
Pay bills the Mobile Wallet wayThe Mobile Wallet is an online payment company that uses barcode and QR code to process payments. The mobile wallet provides a wallet that ...
02 Aug, 2016, 04.38 PM IST
Budget 2016 provisions for pulses may help if implemented properlyAgricultural experts and industry veterans think that the budget provisions for pulses announced when the prices are at historic high level...
29 Feb, 2016, 04.26 PM IST
Dal prices are going to shoot upThe increase in prices is going to pinch the common man for the next few months, till fresh produce reaches the markets post next kharif ha...
22 May, 2015, 03.44 AM IST
Prices of grains and oil are likely to rise in festive season; gold prices to be in checkThe deficient monsoon is expected to keep gold prices in check as rural demand gold will pick up once harvesting is over.
17 Aug, 2012, 07.58 AM IST
- Moong and Urad sowing in Maharashtra less by 50%
The moong and urad sowing in Maharashtra is less by about 50% due to deficient rainfall in the key pulses growing region of Marathwada.
23 Jul, 2011, 02.28 PM IST
- Revived rains bring down pulses’ prices
Ex-mill dal prices have dropped following the revival of monsoon in Maharashtra , Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, the key pulse-growing ...
11 Jul, 2011, 06.00 AM IST
- Rains drown India's crop estimates, stoke inflation
Veggies to sugar, tea to pulses, rice to spices — all will pinch in New Year.
31 Dec, 2010, 04.59 AM IST
- Govt's anti-inflation moves pay off, prices of pulses fall 10%
Rising arrivals and moves by state governments to restrict stock holdings have pulled down spot prices of major pulses by around 10% in the...
10 Apr, 2008, 03.44 AM IST