PM Modi virtually inaugurates Rs 76.5 crore milk powder plant in IndorePrime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a new milk powder plant in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. This facility, costing Rs 76.5 crore, will boos...
11 Oct, 2025, 03.43 PM IST
Hub of famous 'Korati-Kolhar curd' that PM Modi tasted in northern Karnataka facing fodder shortageThe Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) is marketing 'Kolhar curd' but more efforts are to be made to address the problems faced by the dairy f...
30 Apr, 2023, 04.53 PM IST
Chinese millennials drink milk in bid to boost immunity, even as coronavirus lingersAt this year’s National People’s Congress, China’s annual meeting of parliament, a lawmaker suggested the government should make it a natio...
24 Jul, 2020, 08.48 AM IST
Amul forays into edible oil business with launch of Janmay“With an objective of providing stable and remunerative price to edible oilseed growers of Gujarat and become atmanirbhar in domestic edibl...
09 Jul, 2020, 07.46 PM IST
Government hikes duty incentives for exports of 28 milk productsThe duty benefits were enhanced under the Merchandise Export from India Scheme (MEIS).
28 Sep, 2018, 08.33 PM IST
Orchids catch attention of techies, professionals"Growing orchids is relatively stress-free compared to other flowering plants and online forums help me interact with orchid growers across...
29 Oct, 2015, 10.07 AM IST
Why almond milk is basically a scamWhile the amount of almonds in each brand of the beverage vary, an analysis of UK almond milk brand Alpro showed that nuts make up just 2% ...
29 Apr, 2015, 12.46 PM IST
Maharashtra: Ajit Pawar demands Rs 10,000-crore package for drought-like situationThe debate on the drought-like situation was initiated today after Opposition members relented and the ruling combine agreed to discuss the...
10 Dec, 2014, 03.58 PM IST
Pay arrears to sugarcane growers at the earliest: CPIThe farmers had not been paid the amount for the last 10 months and this had landed them in penury, the party said.
11 Oct, 2014, 12.41 PM IST
- Karnataka fixes VAT on purchase and sale of cotton at 2%
The Karnataka government today decided to fix value added tax on purchase and sale of cotton at two per cent; till now it was five per cent.
10 Jan, 2012, 05.43 PM IST
- Rajasthan ropes in Nafed and NCCF for the onion procurement
Rajasthan has signed an MoU with NCCF and Nafed for the purchase of onions from distressed onion growers of Rajasthan.
07 Jun, 2011, 05.00 PM IST
- Coconut's now cheaper than egg
Time was when an egg sold for Re 1 and a coconut commanded Rs 10 but that price equation has been turned on its head, with a coconut becomi...
03 Nov, 2009, 12.24 AM IST
- Coconut now sells cheaper than egg
Coconut prices have fallen so much that distressed growers wonder if it would be worth getting the nuts down.
30 Oct, 2009, 04.43 PM IST
- Coconut now sells cheaper than egg
Coconut prices have fallen so much that distressed growers wonder if it would be worth getting the nuts down.
30 Oct, 2009, 03.07 AM IST
- Cane pricing & tragedy of commons
Our administered mechanism of statutory minimum price (SMP) for sugarcane suffers from a serious flaw - the flaw Hardin describes as the tr...
16 Nov, 2007, 12.00 AM IST
- Coffee satchets may come home to you
Former United Planters’ Association of Southern India president Anil Bhandari has submitted a proposal to the Union commerce ministry, sugg...
08 Nov, 2006, 12.20 AM IST
- Tobacco bails out cultivators
The product - which is a health hazard when processed and smoked - has in a crop form sustained a substantial part of the rural economy in ...
04 Sep, 2006, 12.57 AM IST