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- Economic survey: India needs second green revolution
Agriculture is at the crossroads with rising demand for food items and relatively lower productivity.
26 Feb, 2011, 04.09 AM IST
- Onion forces govt to rethink farm liberalisation
The heat generated by the high food inflation may force the govt to go slow, or even drop, some of its proposals to open up the country's f...
27 Jan, 2011, 05.12 AM IST
- Rethink ban on onion exports, India to Pakistan
Imports via sea to push up cost by Rs 2/Kg. 'We have urged them that the contracted quantities, which were to come via the land route, shou...
07 Jan, 2011, 06.32 AM IST
- Conideration for white sugar imports at zero duty faces criticism
With sugar stock limits notification only set to become operation by this month end, Centre's considertion of measures such as white sugar ...
20 Mar, 2009, 09.32 AM IST
- Traders assail sugar stock limits
Government should not rush in to push through regulatory measures in order to control consumer prices for essential food commodities even w...
20 Mar, 2009, 03.07 AM IST
- No Peasant surprise in UPA’s farewell budget
Steps taken were listed by the UPA government to improve the lot of farmers, but failed to provide a road map for sustaining growth in this...
17 Feb, 2009, 03.28 AM IST
- Freeze on tractor loans by SBI due to rising defaults justified
A freeze on tractor loans by SBI due to rising defaults may be justified. It is understood that these loans are taken by a farmer on behalf...
21 May, 2008, 12.04 AM IST
- States told to monitor prices
Essential edibles on your dinner tray are bound to remain pricey on the back of increasing demand-supply gaps and dicey weather, locally an...
05 Apr, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- Loan waiver may benefit India Inc too
Agriculture is by no means only agri business, but the synergy between the two is imperative to make the sector grow impressively. Make ext...
08 Mar, 2008, 01.30 PM IST
- US farm subsidy would help Indians eat more
As things now look, India’s dependence on imports for key food items such as pulses, wheat and rice would only increase. The moot question,...
02 Nov, 2007, 03.30 AM IST
- Finding right wheat price
As the Centre gropes to find the right price for wheat imports to bolster its flagging food security buffer, a new USDA-ERS study has sugge...
29 Aug, 2007, 05.53 AM IST
- Mitigating weather risk for ryots
In just the first three days of this year’s monsoon, Mumbai received roughly 40% of the total showers that the Konkan belt gets in a normal...
02 Jul, 2007, 04.08 AM IST
- Food items won't be losing rupee appetite
Your home spend bill on daily essentials is unlikely to get significantly slimmer by April-May, after the RMS.
19 Feb, 2007, 04.00 AM IST
- Duty-free wheat imports put pressure on stock cap
With an official order finally impending on the reduction of Customs duty on wheat imports by the private sector, pressure has begun buildi...
09 Sep, 2006, 02.31 AM IST
- Govt to liberalise wheat and sugar import to curb inflation
The relevant notifications on export bans for pulses and sugar are expected to be issued latest by Friday by the DGFT.
23 Jun, 2006, 12.36 AM IST
- Centre has no plans to revive shut sugar mills
The Centre has no plans at present to revive closed sugar mills, consumer affairs minister Sreenivasa Prasad told Parliament on Friday.
24 Nov, 2002, 06.40 AM IST