Meat production rises 5 pc to 10.25 mn tonnes in FY24; egg output up 3 pc: Government dataIndia's meat production reached 10.25 million tonnes in 2023-24, a 4.95% increase from the previous year. Egg production also saw growth, r...
26 Nov, 2024, 09.22 PM IST
Caught in a maize: In India’s ethanol blending ambitions, eggs are an unlikely casualtyThe government wants to use maize to cut its fuel import bill. While this has strategic advantages, it puts a question over egg production ...
13 Apr, 2024, 09.50 AM IST
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, wife welcome baby girlMann married Kaur in 2022 after he separated from his first wife in 2015. He has two children from his first marriage - a son and a daughte...
29 Mar, 2024, 09.55 AM IST
Sidhu Moosewala's parents expecting a baby: What's IVF? Can a 50-year-old woman do IVF? What are precautions?Sidhu Moosewala Mother, Charan Kaur, is expecting a baby soon. The couple is reportedly having a baby through in-vitro fertilization. It is...
27 Feb, 2024, 05.06 PM IST
How bad is the bird flu outbreak in India? 6 key questions answeredThere are confirmed cases of bird flu in Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh ...
11 Jan, 2021, 01.04 PM IST
Panel of officers on GST for raising rate, curtailing exemption list to increase revenueThe committee of officers from the Centre and states, formed to review the goods and services tax (GST), has also recommended selective tax...
24 Dec, 2019, 05.49 PM IST
Why milk pips meat as the primary source of animal protein in IndiaWhile Indians might have more chicken and fish and other protein sources in the coming years, it is dairy products that are going to domina...
22 Jun, 2019, 11.30 PM IST
Provident funds face crores in losses from IL&FSProvident funds are now estimated to be holding 40% of total bond IL&FS group outstanding.
16 Jan, 2019, 11.10 AM IST
Food Ministry suggests cash transfer of food subsidy on pilot basisFood Minister Ram Vilas Paswan agreed to procure pulses and oilseeds from farmers at support price besides rice and wheat, as recommended b...
05 Mar, 2015, 08.46 PM IST
- Egg production in India may cross 9,500 crore in next three years
Karnataka, Kerala and Odisha are other significant egg producing states with over five per cent share in egg production across India.
14 Dec, 2012, 11.20 AM IST
- Poverty 'down', but not the hungry
According to the National Institute of Nutrition, an average Indian male of age 18-29 years and weighing 60kg needs 2,320Kcal per day if he...
01 Apr, 2012, 09.10 AM IST
- Soaring veggie prices make eggs costlier by Re 1 each in Delhi
Eggs, which were selling at Rs 3 apiece 10 days ago, now cost Rs 4 each in the NCR, traders said. The cost of a dozen eggs has gone up to R...
26 Dec, 2010, 07.11 PM IST
- Soaring veggie prices make eggs costlier by Re 1 each in Delhi
Skyrocketing vegetable prices have pushed up the retail cost of eggs by Re 1 apiece in Delhi and the NCR over the past 10 days.
26 Dec, 2010, 12.10 PM IST
- Poultry products price rises in Delhi
After lying low due to floods in Delhi and neighbouring states, broiler price has risen by about 20 per cent in the national capital in the...
26 Oct, 2010, 03.20 PM IST
- Delhi cuts VAT on diesel, more states to follow
The Delhi government on Friday decided to roll back an increase in sales tax on diesel it had announced in the state budget, a move that co...
17 Jul, 2010, 12.51 AM IST
- Stir in J&K puts adverse impact on poultry business
Poultry business of Punjab has been badly hit due to continued blockade of National Highway towards J&K by the agitators over Amarnath Shri...
14 Aug, 2008, 04.23 PM IST
- Winter chill: Egg prices look up
The National Egg co-ordination Committee (NECC) has called a meeting of poultry farmers in Pune on Thursday to chalk out a strategy to prev...
29 Nov, 2007, 06.09 AM IST