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Onion farmers seek Rs 10,000 crore revival package, stable export policy from CentreMaharashtra onion farmers are facing a severe financial crisis. They are urging the central government for a special Rs 10,000 crore reviva...
Maharashtra CM Fadnavis meets Amit Shah; says "positive decision to be taken on raising MSP, ethanol quota, loan restructuring"Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis met with Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Discussions focused on the sugar industry and onion fa...
Rare earth mining is poisoning Mekong River tributaries, threatening 'the world's kitchen'Toxic runoff from unregulated rare earth mines in Myanmar and Laos is contaminating the Mekong River and its tributaries, threatening the l...
India–New Zealand $20 billion FTA: List of sectors set to gain ground as the deal kicks inIndia and New Zealand have signed a Free Trade Agreement. This pact offers zero-duty access for most Indian exports. Key sectors like texti...
Onion and soyabean farmers demand measures to boost exportsAs onion and soyabean prices decline in India, industry and farmer groups urge the government for support measures such as reducing onion e...
Interest sops in works for companies setting up cold storage facilities for onionsThe Ministry of Food Processing Industries plans to introduce an interest subvention scheme for private firms setting up cold-storage facil...
Prices of onion, wheat and pulses fall on fear of government actionWheat prices have declined by 15% in the last four days after the central government tightened the stock holding limit on traders and proce...
Late-season rainfall damages harvest-ready Kharif crop in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, TelanganaWhile states are yet to carry out field surveys to assess the actual losses, they say that the highest loss in Maharashtra will be of the s...
FIEO urges commerce ministry to exclude 'Bangalore rose' onion from export ban listOn September 14, the government banned the export of all varieties of onions with immediate effect, a move aimed at increasing availability...
Onion ships coming next week, Amit Shah toldEarlier, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed Parliament that the government has taken steps to rein in onion prices and has initia...
Govt should explore Israel, Brazil models for onion storage: Ficci studyIndia, which is currently witnessing a spike in retail onion price up to Rs 100/kg on tight supply, should explore low-cost modern technolo...
A problem of plenty: India's onion messWhat the government is doing is hurting farmers rather than resolving the country’s onion mess.
Government to launch scheme to prevent distress sales by farmers“We are in the process of finalizing the scheme and will be placing it before the Standing Finance Committee. Once approved, it will be lau...
Food processing ministry begins work on Operation GreensThe ministry added that post World Food Fair held in 2017, foreign direct investment in the sector was flowing in at a fast pace.
Encouraging FPOs, Operation Greens will help food processing industry: Anil JainThe government has proposed to launch an ‘‘Operation Greens’’ on the lines of ‘‘Operation Flood’’.
Prices slump as early harvest rains potatoes, onions too may turn cheaperFarmers are selling potato at prices as low as Rs 3 a kg in Uttar Pradesh, down from Rs 10-12 last year.
Output much higher, so why are onions on fire?It's impossible to tell why onion prices have gone through the roof, when onion production has jumped from about 42 lakh MT to 163 lakh MT ...
Output much higher, so why are onions on fire?In the past 10 years, between 2002-03 and 2012-13, onion production has jumped from about 42 lakh metric tons (LMT) to 163 LMT.
Coal reform to check onion pricesPolitics of free power and failure of regulatory authorities to stamp out power theft and allow the needed hikes in tariffs have eroded the...
- Commerce ministry to move cabinet note to check export ban on processed food
Commerce ministry will soon move a Cabinet note seeking to allow unrestricted exports of processed food.