Potato prices in Odisha have risen to Rs 40 per kg as West Bengal restricted supply, causing hundreds of trucks to be stranded at the borde...

Rising food inflation over nearly two years in India has caused budgetary strain on government-funded school meal programs, forcing cutback...

Prices of two major food items, potato and rice, have decreased. Potato prices fell by 8% in 20 days due to an oversupply caused by West Be...

Geographical information systems promise to improve the lives of citizens in various ways and the government’s liberalised policies are cer...

"Because we have been able to supply quality material in the market, demand for our product has risen significantly over the last 2 years. ...

The Odisha Cold Storage Association, a body of 35 cold storage owners, is seeking incentives to revive its ailing units, waiver of loans an...

The most vocal critics of the scheme are officials of West Bengal govt & ministers in Madhya Pradesh.

ET Magazine travels to 8 states to meet farmers braving the ongoing agrarian distress and hears them out.

Godrej Agrovet works with 2 million farmers at 54 production units, in 20 states, in the areas of animal feed, dairy, poultry and oil palm ...

Community rights under the Forest Rights Act could transform the lives of millions of forest dwellers, but only if the bureaucracy is pushe...

With onion prices touching Rs 45 per kg in retail markets, the Odisha government today decided to launch Onion Mission and provide easy loa...

Farmers had grown more potatoes this year as they got good prices last year. The output in 2014 was 95 lakh kg which has increased to 120 l...

Production of potatoes has been 25-30 per cent higher across India, which has further put pressure on the farmers in the state.

IRDA chairman TS Vijayan says that the domestic insurance industry needs investments worth up to Rs 60,000 crore in next five years.

Potato traders from Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhatisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Assam are now reluctant to pay their suppliers from Bengal un...

A day after the Odisha government hiked petrol and diesel rates, Congress warned the BJD regime not to repeat the mistakes committed by the...

Mamata Banerjee's decision to stop movement of potatoes from the state has made the tuber go beyond the reach of common people in many othe...