Skymet revised its 2026 monsoon forecast to 85% of LPA. This downgrade reflects escalating concerns over El Nino's erratic weather patterns...

The RBI has flagged El Niño and an uneven southwest monsoon as key risks to agriculture, rural demand and the broader economy, despite cutt...

Uttar Pradesh has received twenty-five percent less rainfall than normal this monsoon season. This deficit is significantly impacting soil ...

Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan urged ICAR to increase pulse and oilseed productivity. He emphasized research must address groun...

Project INROAD has established over 179,000 hectares of new natural rubber plantations. This initiative, funded by four tyre companies, is ...

PGIM India's Puneet Pal expects the 10-year bond yield to trade between 6.60-6.90% over the next month, citing global rate hikes and a defi...

Retail prices are rising due to reduced sowing of key kharif crops. Inflation has increased for rice, oilseeds, and major pulses in June. A...

While the narrowing rainfall deficit has eased immediate concerns, experts say it is far too early to conclude that El Niño’s influence has...

India's FMCG sector faces headwinds as El Nino threatens a weaker monsoon. A deficient monsoon could hurt agricultural output and weaken ru...

India's crucial monsoon season has begun sluggishly, with a significant rainfall deficit raising concerns for the farm economy. Delayed sow...

El Nino conditions have set in and may strengthen during the southwest monsoon, raising concerns for India's largest sowing window. The neu...

“There is significant rise in pulses and oilseeds area indicating a bumper crop this year. The pulses area has gone up by 4.52% while oilse...

The lower procurement by Nafed, however, has resulted in pulses being sold below MSP in the open market.

An encouraged agriculture ministry said the sowing process of pulses was still on and the overall sown area is likely to be increased.

The sowing in the kharif (summer) season begins with the onset of the southwest monsoon from June, while the harvesting starts from October.

The country may have to import more quantity of pulses and edible oils this year as sowing area under these crops in the current kharif sea...

Drought affected states are a long way yet from giving individual assessments to the Centre as to how much sparse monsoon has impacted crop...