The decision also mandates that initially 10% of the indents of jute bags for packing food grains would be placed through a reverse auction...

The foreign trade policy is likely to infuse some predictability in India's agricultural exports to counter the country's image in global m...

Government today decided to free sugar exports by removing quantitative restrictions in order to expedite shipments of sweetener.

Pawar had recently written to PM complaining that food & textile ministries were following anti-farmer policies in regard to export of cott...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has agreed to broker a truce between his cabinet ministers warring over sugar and cotton exports. Instead, it...

Sharad Pawar has shot off a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stating that the government's policies are hurting farmers.

CCEA at its meeting evening finally approved status quo ante for the jute reservation order at 100% for both foodgrain and sugar during 200...

Congress and Trinamool seem to be on collision course over the dilution of the Jute Packaging Materials Act (JPMA), the order which makes i...

Dilution of 100% criterion would mean use of plastic & other synthetic materials for packaging. This would impinge on the livelihood of far...

Textiles exports from the country were set to increase by 20 per cent during 2008-09 as compared to the last financial year, Union minister...

The archaic policy of compulsory packaging of certain commodities in jute bags has got considerably diluted in recent years.

Govt extends compulsory packing of foodgrains and sugar in bags made of jute for another year till June 30, 2008.

A mix of falling global oil prices and a likely bumper sugar production in Brazil is going to further sharpen the competitive edge of India...

The domestic jute industry is worried over the rampant violation of mandatory jute packaging order by large group of sugar companies, parti...

The Centre is likely to dilute reservation norms of mandatory jute packaging order before its expiry date by 10% to 90% for grain and sugar...

The much-publicised nationwide programme of ethanol blending of petrol scheduled to take off from November this year may hit a road block.

Centre has asked the Maharashtra government to take action against 12 sugar mills in the state and exporters which were found to divert 1.0...