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BRICS+ agriculture beyond borders: Trade and resilience for a food-secure worldWith India’s leadership and BRICS+ cooperation, agriculture can become not only a source of food, but a foundation for resilience, prosperi...
Food Secretary sees bright sugarcane prospects, urges sugar industry consensus on export quotasFood Secretary Sanjeev Chopra anticipates a promising sugarcane crop and urges industry consensus on export quota allocation, favoring mill...
UP govt raises sugarcane prices by Rs 20 per quintalThe Uttar Pradesh government has raised sugarcane prices by ₹20 per quintal, benefiting sugarcane farmers ahead of the upcoming general ele...
India’s ambitious plan to cut oil import bill by $4 billion confronts vagaries of climate changeLow sugar cane yield, because of inadequate monsoon and shifts in weather patterns, is coming in the way of an effort to reduce dependence ...
CM Nitish Kumar makes surprise visit to govt offices, finds many ministers absentSeveral top ministers of the Bihar government were found absent from their offices during a surprise visit by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. ...
Food versus fuel: Global Biofuel Alliance sparks off a debate on Indian conditionsThe recently launched Global Biofuel Alliance is being projected as a long-term solution to rising energy requirements. But what about basi...
Sugarcane growers to lobby against inclusion of sugar mill owners in new Karnataka cabinetIn December last year, sugarcane farmers had protested for 23 days, demanding higher prices and alleging that sugar factory owners were che...
UP polls: RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary rules out possibility of alliance with CongressThe RLD leader had recently met Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at the Lucknow airport, and later both of them left for De...
Centre's asset monetisation plan is in public interest: BJP's Arun SinghBe it the UPA government or under the Congress, efforts were made in every budget for monetisation, but they never could implement it, Sing...
Can Priyanka Gandhi distinguish between sugarcane and chari, asks UP minister Suresh RanaThis was his reply when he was asked about Priyanka Gandhi's attack on the government over a recent news report that claimed dues of sugarc...
Budget 2016: Farmers want concrete measures for organic farming's successFinance Minister Arun Jaitley also announced to develop organic value chain in the North East.
Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat asks sugar mills to clear 50% dues to farmersRawat asked the mills to treat it as a priority and ensure that at least 50 per cent of the dues they owe to farmers are cleared by June 30.
UP government decides not hike SAP for sugarcane, BJP to protestBJP attacked UP government for not hiking state advisory price of cane for the crushing season 2014-15 and said it would stage demonstratio...
High-level meeting tomorrow to discuss Rs 11,000 crore sugarcane duesRam Vilas Paswan called a second high-level meeting tomorrow to discuss ways to bail out the sugar industry that is unable to pay Rs 11,000...
UP Cane prices may be on their way up, sugar mills miffedPrivate sugar mills have been requesting the government to either reduce it to Rs 225 per quintal or adopt the Rangarajan formula.
- Expedite decision on sugar export policy: Prithviraj Chavan to C Rangarajan
Chavan asked the committee on the sugar industry in the state to expedite decisions on export policy, FRP to sugarcane, & levy sugar.
- Agriculture Ministry, Isro to forecast accurate farm production
The union agriculture ministry is gearing up to provide advance and accurate forecast of farm output in the kharif season.
- Foodgrain production records growth of 10-12 mn tons: Official
Despite pessimism about the growth in the agriculture sector, India has achieved a record foodgrain production of 227 million tons in 2007-...
- The bitter truth of Indian sugar
Maharashtra’s sugarcane farming community may demand a package similar to the one to the cotton industry in 2006.
- UP sets up panel to look into sugar crisis
A group formed by Uttar Pradesh sugarcane development minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui will submit its suggestions on resolving the crisis in ...