Searched for
FOODGRAINS SHORTAGE
Govt draws up contingency plans for 315 districts amid 42% rain deficitIndia faces a significant 42% rainfall deficit this monsoon, exacerbated by El Nino. The government is implementing contingency plans acros...- Science at scale: India’s journey from food security to global leadershipToday, India is the world’s largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices; the largest exporter of rice; and among the leading producers of ...
- FY27 earnings growth may drop to 10%: Jitendra Sriram on the impact of sustained $100 oilThe war forced changes on quite a few fronts. First was a re-assessment of the “new-normal” for crude and on certain commodities where supp...
- West Asia conflict deals a double whammy to India’s farm sector: pre-harvest cost pressures, post-harvest shipping delaysSupply shocks, export disruptions, and labour shortages caused by the Iran war are beginning to strain India’s agriculture despite ample fo...
- Will supply foodgrains to cyclone-hit Andhra Pradesh: Ram Vilas Paswan"We are ready to provide all kind of support to the cyclone-affected areas. We are ready to supply foodgrains immediately if the state govt...
- National food security scheme to be implemented in Uttarakhand from June 30The scheme will benefit 61.94 lakh people of the state, Rawat said those not covered under the scheme will get foodgrains under the state s...
- Bad weather hampers cremation of bodies in KedarnathInclement weather badly also affected distribution of relief in over 200 segregated villages where people have lost their homes.
- Pilgrims rescued, foodgrain shortage in some Uttarakhand villagesRescue of pilgrims stranded in Badrinath came to an end today with about 150 of them being safely evacuated.
- Geared up to face drought situation, says CentreGovernment today said the spectre of drought over a few states and the likelihood of a lower rainfall pattern this year should not be a con...
- 61 million tonnes of foodgrains needed for PDS: GovernmentThe requirement of foodgrains for public distribution system and other welfare scheme is about 61 MT which is 30% of the nation's grain out...
- Plan afoot for smooth foodgrains movement across the countryFCI is tasked with storage, movement, transport, distribution and sale of foodgrains and other foodstuffs across the country.
- Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal meets PM on wheat procurementPunjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal urged Manmohan Singh to direct the concerned authorities to expedite movement of foodgrain from P...
- Governor steps in to end VAT stalemate in JharkhandEven as the traders continue their agitation against value added tax (VAT) on foodgrain, potatoes and onions, the state government on Tuesd...
- Govt revises jute bag requirementsFollowing expectations of a bumper foodgrain procurement this kharif, the Union government has revised the B.Twill jute bags requirements o...
- Bush's remark on Indian food habits "cruel joke": AntonyDefence Minister A K Antony on Sunday termed as a "cruel joke" US President George W Bush's contention that growing demand for foodgrains i...
- Pak grain being smuggled into IndiaPakistan has asked its Rangers deployed along the Indo-Pak border to check any possibility of smuggling of pulses, rice, wheat and flour to...
- FCI denies foodgrain shortage in West BengalFood Corporation of India today said West Bengal, where some fair price shop dealers were attacked by mobs over shortage of foodgrains yest...
- India to face foodgrains, oilseeds shortageIndia is likely to face a shortage of about 10 million tonnes of foodgrains and 8 million tonnes of oilseeds for terminal year 2011-12 of t...
- Cereal story gets prime time slotIn the wake of speculation that foodgrain shortages could persist leading to an import of around 3 million tonnes of wheat, the Centre is e...
- Higher foodgrain output leads to fertiliser shortageOn the back of an early announced Rs 700 per quintal minimum support price, wheat has netted 17% more acreage this year compared to last Ra...
Load More
