Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan stated El Nino's impact on kharif production is unlikely to be significant. Rainfall has b...

Coriander prices have surged significantly after heavy rains disrupted essential vegetable supplies. Ginger and garlic prices also show sub...

For the chemicals sector, it all depends on a transformation that is still unfolding and will take years to play out. Backward-integration ...

Of the total amount, Rs 2.47 crore has been released to research institutions that conserved and shared the rice varieties with the company...

As flights and hotel occupancy fail to capture the number of tourists flocking to Goa, here are some unusual indicators that also mark the ...

In Kolkata, rice prices have dropped by up to 10% in the past month, attributed to increased market supplies and government measures. Non-b...

Union Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey clarified the Centre's position on the procurement of parboiled rice after Telangana Chief Minister K...

Leading the dharna will be KCR's son and Cabinet minister KT Rama Rao and daughter and TRS member of Legislative Council Kavitha Kalvakuntl...

Earlier this year, the government had disbursed about Rs 75,000 crore to 4.2 million wheat farmers during the lockdown period, procuring re...

As per initial estimates, there have been crop damages across 80,000 hectares in Telangana and 71,000 hectares in Andhra. “The governments ...

The ministry has also issued the uniform specifications of food grains for Central Pool procurement for the ensuing Kharif Marketing Season...

The official said that the procurement has progressed well with all kinds of precautions and sanitisation in mandis. Food ministry said the...

Drought in southern states has affected the cultivation of major commodities like rice, cotton and spices. Production of these commodities ...

Government's rice procurement has increased 25 per cent to 24.47 million tonnes in the 2015-16 marketing year so far despite prospects of l...

Government's rice procurement may surpass last year's level of 32 million tonnes in the 2015-16 marketing year despite prospect of lower pr...

Official auditor CAG has pointed out nine major cases of irregularities, all of which put together add up to Rs 40,564.14 crore.

The decision to carve a Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh has raised concerns on inter-state sharing of water and power.