India, world’s largest sugar consumer, wants its people to eat moreMills in India are eyeing increased consumption as a way to cut the nation’s chronic oversupply, which stems partly from the favorable ince...
03 Nov, 2020, 09.44 AM IST
The great onion crisis of 2019 may be coming to an endPrices at one of India’s biggest wholesale markets may plunge to about Rs 20-25 per kilogram from mid-Jan.
20 Dec, 2019, 12.33 PM IST
How booze may not let India cut its dependence on foreign oilThe mandate to supply molasses to liquor industry can derail India's plan to use sugarcane ethanol as fuel.
02 Dec, 2019, 08.40 PM IST
Palm oil imports seen slumping from 1-year highFutures in Malaysia fell during the morning session on Thursday.
14 Nov, 2019, 05.35 PM IST
Mukesh Ambani advises fellow telecom billionaires how to raise moneyAirtel can easily raise Rs 40,000 crore by selling assets, while Voda Idea has no dearth of funds, he said.
04 Nov, 2019, 03.35 PM IST
India considers adding more levies on refined palm oil importsGovt is discussing a proposal to impose a new levy in addition to the existing import duty and raise the goods and services tax on the proc...
30 Oct, 2019, 01.12 PM IST
Cows may rescue India from sugar glut as farmers sell cane as feedIndia swings between being a sugar importer and exporter, depending on the size of local output.
01 Aug, 2019, 06.21 AM IST
More meat-loving Indians mean chicken feed imports are surgingCorn purchases by Asia’s second-biggest grower are set to climb to a record 1 million tons in the year starting in November.
29 Jul, 2019, 02.16 PM IST
Sugar output in India seen sinking to 3-year low on dry weatherSugar output in India, which vies with Brazil as world’s top grower, may drop to a 3-yr low next season
13 Jun, 2019, 12.20 PM IST
Reliance Capital protests downgrade, says will cut debt by 50%Care Ratings cut the firm’s long-term debt program to BBB from A and kept it on credit watch with developing implications.
19 May, 2019, 03.27 PM IST
India seeks to boost sugar prices by restricting supplyThe government also plans to impose stock limits on sugar mills until September 30.
06 Jun, 2018, 08.42 PM IST
Budget 2018: PM Narendra Modi trains sight on farmers before election battleThe government will increase the minimum support price for monsoon-sown crops such as rice, soybeans, cotton and pulses, said Finance Minis...
02 Feb, 2018, 06.38 AM IST
India palm oil imports climb for ninth month on festive boostPalm oil climbed 4.5 per cent in October, the most since July, on demand from India and China.
15 Nov, 2017, 03.57 PM IST
India palm imports seen rising for eighth month on festivalsImports rose 20 per cent to 925,000 metric tons from a year earlier.
12 Oct, 2017, 12.47 PM IST
India's coffee output seen climbing to record, coffee board saysProduction may increase 12 per cent to 350,400 metric tons in 2017-18 from a year earlier.
04 Oct, 2017, 08.13 AM IST
Wheat imports surge to decade high on shortage, dry weatherImports may total 5 million metric tonnes in 2016-17, the most since 2006-07, according to the median estimate of seven traders surveyed by...
22 Jun, 2016, 03.51 AM IST
Drought effect: Sugar harvest may see 7-year lowThe first back-to-back shortfall in monsoon rainfall in 3 decades has left vast tracts of India reeling under a severe drought, prompting f...
02 May, 2016, 07.37 AM IST