India’s monsoon risks may raise food industry costs: D&BIndia is experiencing agricultural risks attributed to monsoon conditions, which could impact food processors and poultry producers. Procur...
12 Oct, 2026, 01.19 PM IST
Pulses prices surge: Will cheaper imports bring relief to consumers? Stakeholders dividedIndia currently imposes a 10% import duty on red lentils and chickpeas, while yellow peas attract a 30% duty.
06 Oct, 2026, 12.59 PM IST
Weakest monsoon since 2015 prompts ICRA to cut FY27 farm growth forecastIn 2026, the Southwest monsoon recorded rainfall at 87 percent of the long-period average, the lowest since 2015. ICRA has lowered its agri...
02 Oct, 2026, 05.07 PM IST
East, Central India to see most late-monsoon rains; El Nino to persist into 2027: ReportEast and Central India are predicted to receive most rainfall as the monsoon pulls away from Northwest India. The overall all-India rainfal...
24 Sep, 2026, 09.47 AM IST
El Niño puts India on track for its driest monsoon since 2009India is set to face its driest monsoon in 17 years as El Niño effects reduce rainfall. This deficit threatens crop yields and increases fo...
18 Sep, 2026, 07.43 PM IST
Deficient monsoon, weak September rainfall pose risks to rabi crops: CrisilRenewed weakening of rainfall in August and expectations of a deficient September could pose risks to India’s upcoming rabi season, Crisil ...
09 Sep, 2026, 12.36 AM IST
National reservoir levels reach 70.3% capacity amid widening regional monsoon gaps: ReportReservoir storage nationwide reached seventy point three percent of capacity this week. Western and Central India maintained high storage l...
08 Sep, 2026, 08.35 AM IST
Weak September rains could push FY27 inflation to 5.5% or higher: ReportIndia's inflation outlook hinges critically on September rainfall performance. A monsoon shortfall could push inflation to 5.5 percent or h...
30 Aug, 2026, 09.43 AM IST
India gets the rain in August, but monsoon deficit still widensIndia's monsoon rainfall deficit has widened to nearly fourteen percent. Erratic rainfall has hurt kharif crop sowing across several region...
30 Aug, 2026, 07.22 AM IST
Shortfall in paddy sowing likely to be covered in kharif season: Narendra Singh TomarAs per the agriculture ministry's latest data, area sown to paddy was down by 35.46 lakh hectare at 231.59 lakh hectare till June 29 of the...
30 Jul, 2022, 02.18 PM IST
- Fertiliser subsidy payments of Rs 11,100 crore pending
The subsidy payments to the tune of about Rs 11,100 crore for imported urea and phosphatic and potassic fertilisers are pending due to shor...
15 Mar, 2012, 06.21 PM IST
- India's pulses imports likely to rebound this year, says USDA
India's pulses imports are likely to rebound this fiscal on account of an expected decline in kharif pulses production and continued strong...
17 Oct, 2011, 02.57 PM IST
- No plans to import rice, says govt
The government has no immediate plans to import rice as it has enough stocks to manage the demand, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.
08 Dec, 2009, 12.09 AM IST
‘India to import rice for first time in 20 yrs’India, a traditional rice exporter, will import the grain for the first time in 20 years.
19 Nov, 2009, 03.46 AM IST
- Paddy acreage withers despite rainy days
Good rains towards end-August and early September notwithstanding, kharif paddy acreage this year is down by a marked 63 lakh hectares comp...
12 Sep, 2009, 12.48 AM IST
- Rice output to be lower by 10 mn tn in kharif season: Pawar
Rice production during the kharif season this year may decline by about 10 million tonnes due to failed monsoon in the country, Food and Ag...
19 Aug, 2009, 12.37 PM IST
- Indian edible oil industry sees no rise in import
Indian edible oil industry today said that the country may not have to import more edible oil during even though the domestic availability ...
12 Nov, 2008, 04.32 PM IST