Piyush Goyal maps out India's bilateral roadmap with Canadian corporate chiefsUnion Minister Piyush Goyal met with prominent Canadian industry leaders in Toronto to explore investment avenues and expand bilateral econ...
27 May, 2026, 08.47 AM IST
Sugar export ban to free up 4-5 lakh tonne for domestic useIndia has banned sugar exports until September 30. This move aims to increase domestic availability by 4-5 lakh tonnes. The decision is a r...
14 May, 2026, 11.46 PM IST
Can China's Xi rescue Trump from a bruising West Asia war?Donald Trump seeks a significant win from his upcoming China trip to bolster his reputation and aid midterm election prospects. The meeting...
12 May, 2026, 11.47 PM IST
Charting the global economy: US job growth exceeds projectionsUS employers added more jobs than expected for a second month. Germany's industrial output declined again. Australia's central bank raised ...
10 May, 2026, 10.33 AM 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
Over Rs 35,000 cr worth projects finished in Varanasi; Rs 20,000 cr works underway: Yogi AdityanathVaranasi is witnessing a major transformation. Over Rs 35,000 crore in development projects are complete, with Rs 20,000 crore more in prog...
28 Apr, 2026, 06.36 PM IST
Inside PepsiCo India’s farm-to-shelf overhaul amid shifting consumer demandPepsiCo India says India’s agri supply chains are layered, limiting farmers’ price visibility and direct linkages with organised buyers can...
22 Apr, 2026, 01.17 PM IST
Agri startup Arya.ag expects fourfold jump in revenue at $175 m this fiscalThe company has so far received USD 65 million in external equity capital from investors like the Bengaluru-based fund Lightrock, the Washi...
04 Oct, 2022, 08.49 PM IST
Punjab farmers, industrialists woo back migrants with advance payments, return ticketsOn one hand, labour charges for paddy transplantation have almost doubled to Rs 6,000 to Rs 7,000 an acre, on the other hand, the industry ...
05 Jun, 2020, 04.59 PM IST
Traders concerned over advance payments made to farmersMore than 100 traders from Delhi, who get mango from South India, have given Rs 150-200 crore to farmers, said traders. Some 250 traders wh...
02 Apr, 2020, 04.00 PM IST
Central wheat procurement to empower Farmers in Punjab, HaryanaThe government agencies in the two states have hurried the registration of bank accounts of farmers following the directions of the Union m...
01 Feb, 2020, 12.05 AM IST
Nitish Kumar stresses on "rainbow revolution" for agricultural growthKumar said altogether nine districts in the state have been earmarked for organic farming out of which four have been covered under the sch...
05 May, 2018, 09.56 PM IST
Demonetisation leads to farmers' default on loans; bankers respond with lesser lendingUsually farmers raise informal credit from aarthiyaas to tackle the delay in crop remuneration. Now even aarthiyas are short.
16 Dec, 2016, 07.53 PM IST
Double whammy for dairy farmersApart from the majority of dairy farmers in the unorganised sector, some in the organised sector who are also without bank accounts have be...
30 Nov, 2016, 12.48 PM IST
Haryana farmers can opt for direct transfer of paddy proceedsThe mechanism is built to check delay in the procurement and exploitation of farmers at the hands of middlemen and procurement agencies, he...
22 Aug, 2016, 10.36 PM IST
- Maharashtra cooperative sugar mills to get a bigger loan
The Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank, the chief financier of cooperative sugar mills in Maharashtra, has decided to raise by about 3% the...
21 Nov, 2011, 02.20 AM IST
- FCI backs out from making direct payment to farmers
The central government has backed down under pressure from middleman-commission agents on making direct payment to paddy farmers for their ...
08 Oct, 2010, 12.56 AM IST