ET Prime Special Series: Multibagger or Bankrupt - Part 58: The ICE veteran that quietly became an EV lightweighting storyMost auto ancillary investors think linear. Company makes Component X. EV disrupts Component X. Stock goes down. Every story does not fit t...
13 May, 2026, 08.07 PM IST
India's digital currency push targets its leaky welfare systemWhile India's early efforts are modest compared with those of China, where more than 200 million people use the e-yuan, the world's most po...
23 Apr, 2026, 10.48 AM IST
India's digital currency push targets its leaky welfare systemIndia is piloting its digital rupee, the e-rupee, for welfare payments. This initiative aims to improve efficiency and reduce corruption in...
23 Apr, 2026, 09.29 AM 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
Pakistan among top countries with 'inefficient' agricultural water use: World BankPakistan faces critical water inefficiency in agriculture. This contributes to a global freshwater loss of 324 billion cubic metres annuall...
06 Nov, 2025, 10.25 AM IST
How our farmers are denied their placeTrade talks with the US are facing challenges due to India's reluctance to open its protected agricultural sector. Market failures, climate...
11 Aug, 2025, 12.08 AM IST
India needs to redesign irrigation policy, says RBI articleThe area-weighted cost of irrigation declined during the study period perhaps reflecting the impact of increased access to subsidised power...
17 May, 2022, 09.26 PM IST
Economic Survey 2015-2016: Productivity of crops like wheat, paddy and pulses lowAccording to the survey, in wheat, India's average yield in 2013 of 3075 kg/ha is lower than the world average of 3257 kg/ha.
26 Feb, 2016, 03.58 PM IST
40% of India still banks on monsoon for agricultureBack in 1997, a government committee calculated that the Ultimate Irrigation Potential (UIP) for India was about 140 million hectares (Mha).
01 May, 2015, 12.52 PM IST
- Food inflation can be tamed via innovative biz models: KPMG
Food inflation, which remains remarkably high at over 12 per cent, could be tamed through innovative agriculture business models, a KPMG re...
08 Nov, 2011, 01.26 PM IST
- Pune firing issue stalks Maharashtra Assembly proceedings; adjourned twice
A delegation of 70 Opposition members met M'shtra Guv K Sankaranarayanan and demanded dismissal of the govt which they termed as "inefficie...
12 Aug, 2011, 12.45 PM IST
- Fear on the farm
A special feature in this newspaper on Tuesday points to the terrible mess that Indian farming is headed for, and the ostrich-like attitude...
16 Jun, 2011, 02.08 AM IST
- Government mulls cap on ground water usage
A cap on ground water usage and a tax to discourage its indiscriminate use for irrigation may be on the cards as the government looks to pr...
08 Apr, 2011, 01.22 AM IST
- Drought effect: Asset creation gathers pace
There is a silver lining to the drought that hit India in 2009-10. Although it sapped the country's growth, it led to an almost doubling of...
07 Mar, 2011, 01.12 AM IST
- Water cannot be neglected
Water shortages & supply cutbacks point at turbulence in water economy.
15 Dec, 2009, 03.36 AM IST
- Heard on the street
Jain Irrigation is being accumulated by portfolio managers over the past month or so on hopes the government will increase its budgetary al...
03 Jul, 2009, 01.44 AM IST
- Larger outlay for water is alright, but project efficiency is key
The taps are beginning to run dry in the Capital, although summer’s scarcely begun. It’s symbolic of a deep-seated problem in the water sec...
28 Mar, 2008, 03.13 AM IST