Wheat output likely to rise by 2.29% to 120.65 mn tons for 2025-26India's wheat output is set for a significant increase. Production is projected to reach 120.65 million tonnes in the 2025-26 crop year. Th...
27 May, 2026, 05.49 PM IST
Decoding govt’s wheat strategy: Can higher procurement push and export quota hike lift the sector?Experts say wheat procurement may be constrained by limited storage, while exports remain largely uncompetitive globally.
04 May, 2026, 09.47 AM IST
India's wheat production resilient despite setbacks: Agri ministryIndia's wheat output for the 2025-26 crop year is stable. The agriculture ministry assures resilience despite unseasonal rains and hailstor...
26 Apr, 2026, 02.52 PM IST
Unseasonal rain in India: How long will it continue? Check IMD forecast on rainfall and heatwaveUnseasonal rain, thunderstorms and hailstorms are affecting several parts of India, with unsettled weather expected to continue for the nex...
08 Apr, 2026, 03.16 PM IST
Unseasonal rain may dent wheat output, qualityWhile prices may stay stable for now, better-quality wheat is likely to command a premium, widening price gaps, according to industry execu...
07 Apr, 2026, 12.28 AM IST
Arvind Kejriwal likely to address farmers next week; may announce reliefOn March 14, the Delhi CM had ordered Divisional Commissioner A Anbarasu to assess the damage to crops due to unseasonal hailstorm and rain...
26 Mar, 2016, 08.32 PM IST
2015 wheat output could fall 4% year-on-year, says Sanjeev Kumar BalyanSanjeev Kumar Balyan also said the govt has put in place a contingency plan to deal with expectations of below-average June-September monso...
13 May, 2015, 02.23 PM IST
'Mango production may drop by 5-10% this year on untimely rains'Mango production may decline by 5-10 per cent this year as unseasonal rains and hailstorms have damaged the fruit, Parliament was informed.
05 May, 2015, 07.56 PM IST
More relief to distressed farmers on anvil: Finance Minister Arun JaitleyEarlier this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced higher compensation for crop damage of farmers hit by unseasonal rains.
26 Apr, 2015, 10.27 PM IST
Banks, states asked to help farmers in distress: Jayant Sinha, Mos FinanceMoS for Finance Jayant Sinha said that the Reserve Bank has also issued necessary guidelines to banks to provide relief to the crisis-ridde...
24 Apr, 2015, 04.39 PM IST
Congress asks Eknath Khadse to resign for submitting false info on farmer suicidesKhadse had earlier this week said there were only three cases of suicides by farmers due to the natural disasters.
22 Apr, 2015, 05.02 PM IST
PM Modi announces higher aid for rain-affected farmersThe PM said he has also asked banks to restructure loans of affected farmers and instructed insurance cos to pro-actively settle their clai...
08 Apr, 2015, 04.08 PM IST
RBI instructs banks to restructure farm loansRBI said it has instructed banks to restructure loans of farmers whose crops have been damaged by the recent unseasonal rains and hailstorm...
08 Apr, 2015, 03.19 PM IST
Centre ready to relax quality norms for wheat procurementUnseasonal rains and hailstorms, being witnessed from February-end, have damaged rabi (winter-sown) crops in about 113 lakh hectares of are...
07 Apr, 2015, 07.51 PM IST
Government says unseasonal rain adversely affected rabi crop outputIndia's foodgrains production is estimated to decline by 3.2 per cent at 257.07 million tonnes in the 2014-15 crop year.
20 Mar, 2015, 04.09 PM IST
APEDA cautions exporters on quality of grapesThe grape orchards have been hit badly due to the recent unseasonal rains and hailstorm in Maharashtra, which is a major producer and expor...
20 Mar, 2015, 03.19 PM IST
Sharad Pawar discriminating against hailstorm-hit farmers: Gopinath MundeMunde alleged that Pawar has discriminated against farmers hit by hailstorm in the region by not writing off their loans.
23 Mar, 2014, 12.33 AM IST