Tantrum of a problem child might cool India's economic engineThe IMD has retained its forecast for a below-normal monsoon in 2026, with El Nino expected to dominate the June-September season and rainf...
30 May, 2026, 12.35 AM IST
Govt readies contingency plans to counter El Nino threat to kharif season: Shivraj Singh ChouhanThe Indian government is ready for El Nino's impact on the upcoming kharif crop. Contingency plans are being made for affected districts. T...
28 May, 2026, 04.18 PM IST
Government fully prepared to tackle El Nino impact on kharif crop: ChouhanThe government is ready for El Nino's impact on the upcoming kharif crop. Contingency plans are being made for affected areas.
28 May, 2026, 02.46 PM IST
Paddy sowing up 5per cent so far; coverage still lags in Odisha, AP & AssamThe area sown to paddy in India has increased by 5% to 328.22 lakh hectares during the ongoing Kharif season compared to 312.80 lakh hectar...
11 Aug, 2023, 08.59 PM IST
Wheat acreage jumps 5-fold to 7.56 lakh hectares so far this rabi seasonIn case of oilseeds, about 47.10 lakh hectares coverage has been reported as on November 4 of this rabi season, compared to 40.72 lakh hect...
04 Nov, 2022, 09.12 PM IST
Paddy acreage down 17% so far in kharif season, says official dataIn non-food grains category, the area under coverage for oilseeds has grown 7.38 per cent to 134.04 LH from 124.83 LH. Under oilseeds, soya...
15 Jul, 2022, 03.21 PM IST
Wheat sowing down marginally at 333.97 lakh hectares so far this rabi season: Agriculture MinistryCoverage of wheat was lower in Gujarat, Karnataka, West Bengal, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand as well in the said pe...
07 Jan, 2022, 04.31 PM IST
Cabinet approves new crop insurance schemeUnion Minister of agriculture Radha Mohan Singh said last week that New Delhi will launch the crop insurance scheme in the fiscal year star...
13 Jan, 2016, 03.12 PM IST
Wheat sowing down by 3.7 per cent to nearly 242 lakh hectares so farProduction of foodgrains (comprising rice, wheat, pulses and coarse cereals) in 2013-14 crop year (July-June) stood at 264.77 million tonne...
12 Dec, 2014, 07.36 PM IST
CCEA approves National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm during the 12th Plan periodThe Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the implementation of the National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP) d...
04 Oct, 2013, 02.16 PM IST
CCEA approves National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil PalmGovernment approved implementation of the NMOOP during the 12th Plan Period and has allocated Rs 3,507 crore for the purpose.
03 Oct, 2013, 10.50 PM IST
- Oilseed output grows 18% as weather plays along
A conducive weather and better irrigation coverage helped the country to harvest 95.8 lakh tonnes of oilseeds in the 2008-09 Rabi season - ...
26 Mar, 2009, 02.57 AM IST
- Oilseed production rises 18% on better weather, irrigation coverage
The weather has finally looked up in India for raising oilseeds production. A conducive weather and better irrigation coverage helped the c...
24 Mar, 2009, 08.20 PM IST
- Karnataka faces drought-like situation as rains play hide & seek
The abrupt end of pre-monsoon showers has led to a slowdown in sowing in Karnataka. While acreage under cash crops registered a marginal ri...
11 Jul, 2008, 02.18 AM IST
- Mustard seed sowing spells 1MT shortage
Sowing mustard seeds in the ongoing rabi season appears to have been hit by a slow start.
27 Dec, 2007, 03.01 AM IST
- Higher oilseed production not to soften oil prices
Domestic edible oil prices are unlikely to soften even as the country's oilseeds production is expected to go up.
11 Sep, 2007, 05.29 PM IST
- Rice area remains lower, pulses and oilseeds up
The total coverage of rice during the ongoing Kharif season continues to be lower compared to the year-ago period.
24 Aug, 2007, 07.40 PM IST