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Rain check! A dry economic switch may add to Indians' war-led shocksAs India braces for an expected below-average monsoon alongside the looming threat of El Niño, concerns mount over a potential inflation sp...
Weaker monsoon prediction, Iran war cloud growth outlookIndia's rural economy is faced with potential challenges. A weaker monsoon and rising farm costs from the Iran war could impact growth this...
India needs to reduce the strategic importance of fertilisers through a bold agricultural policyGlobal events like the West Asia conflict and El Nino threaten governments. Rising fertilizer prices create a fiscal and political crisis f...
Climate-resilient farming in the age of extremesAs extreme weather events become more frequent and less predictable, the future of Indian agriculture will depend on how effectively it com...
Patanjali Foods declares Rs 1.75/share interim dividend, sets April 25 as record datePatanjali Foods has announced a second interim dividend of Rs 1.75 per share for FY26, amounting to 87.5% of its face value. Shareholders o...
Onion supply comfortable in domestic market, retail prices stabilising: GovtOnion availability is stable with improved tomato and potato crops. Onion rabi production of 191 lakh tonnes meets needs. Kharif target are...
Nafed to begin onion procurement from 3 mandis in Gujarat from Thursday"Farmers are requested to bring their good quality and dried stock to the procurement centres to avail better rates at these centres," the ...
Onion prices will stay depressed till mid-March: ExpertsIndependent farm sector analyst Deepak Chavan told PTI that there are a variety of reasons for the current spate of troubles which has led ...
Rabi sowing likely to be 2 pc higher than last season: ReportSowing for the rabi crop season had already covered 348 lakh hectare (ha) by November 27, which is 4 per cent more than in the whole of the...
Rural demand to aid economic recovery but can't substitute for urban demand: ReportWhile the industrial and services sectors are still struggling to recover from the adverse impact of COVID-19, the agriculture sector could...
Food inflation expected to soften in second half of the current fiscal, says CrisilThe key risk to this forecast remains the rate of spread of Covid-19 in rural areas, which may adversely impact the harvest and the supply ...
Good progress of monsoon in August raises hopes of bumper kharif harvestAccording to the data compiled and updated till August 7 by the agriculture ministry, the area sown under rice increased 17% year-on-year w...
National-level video conference on evolving Kharif sowing strategy next weekThe Centre on Thursday called a national-level video conference on April 16 for chalking out a strategy for sowing the rain-fed kharif crop...
Cold weather in North India to boost rabi crop yieldsIn the previous season, India produced a record 116.42 million tonnes of rice and 102.19 million tonnes of wheat. Oilseeds production was p...
Foodgrains output may touch new record in 2013-14India's foodgrains production this year is likely to break the previous record of 259.29 million tonnes achieved in 2011-12 .
- Experts may prescribe alternate varieties to arrest heavy crop loss
Heavy and continuous rain in Sub Himalayn West Bengal has pushed back kharif and subsequent rabi crop season for at least 1 month developin...
Onion prices may go through the roofThe area under onion harvesting in the country is set to decline by 20% due to drought.