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Wheat sowing till Nov 11 of current rabi season up 17 pc to 66.23 lakh hectareWheat acreage for the ongoing rabi season has surged by 17% to 66.23 lakh hectares by November 11, driven by a better monsoon and increased...
Kharif paddy sowing rises 12 pc to 365 lakh hectares; acreage of cotton, oilseeds downPaddy sowing during this kharif season has seen a significant increase of 12 per cent, reaching 364.80 lakh hectares compared to last year'...
Asia rice:New season supplies rise in India; Vietnam rates dropIndian parboiled rice prices held steady this week due to strong African demand, counteracting pressure from new crop yields. Vietnamese pr...
Forecast of good monsoon brightens farm prospectsThe India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted "above-normal" monsoon rains at 106% of the long-period average in 2024, raising ho...
Haryana minister slams Punjab govt over stubble burning; AAP hits backHaryana Agriculture Minister Jai Prakash Dalal criticized the Bhagwant Mann government in Punjab for the ongoing stubble-burning incidents ...
Govt may extend export ban to other categories of rice to curb inflation: NomuraIndia may extend its export ban to other categories of rice due to high inflation and uneven rainfall, which could further disrupt global r...
No evidence suggesting slowdown in Indian economy: Finance ministry"A strong final quarter performance pushed the GDP growth for the full year to 7.2 per cent, higher than the 7 per cent estimated in Februa...
RBI Governor expects a V-shaped recovery for India in 2021-22The RBI Governor expects a sharp V-shaped recovery for India as projected by the IMF in 2021-22.
Rice planting still on, output likely to cross 100 million tonnesDespite excessive rains and floods damaging crops in some parts of the country, the government is expecting a bumper output of food grains ...
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan sees growth recovery but retains GDP projection at 7.4%Rajan said provisional estimates of gross value added (GVA) at basic prices for Q2 of 2015-16 rose on the back of acceleration in industria...
Government readies plan to counter impact of weak monsoon rainsThe agriculture ministry is making unprecedented preparations to counter impact of weak monsoon rains, which will be the top priority for t...
Monsoon to cover all of India ahead of normal arrival timeMonsoon is likely to arrive over Delhi between June 18 - 22 compared to the normal date of June 29. It set over Kerala on June 1 compared t...
IMD predicts normal monsoon, food inflation may ease: AnalystsWith the agricultural sector of the economy benefitting, the overall economic scenario may also witness a pick up.
- NREGA's non-existent impact on migrant labourers
Everyone agrees that the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is causing a shortage of agricultural labour. Everyone , except the workers themselves.
Monsoon forecasting gets technology punch with use of dynamical modelsThe National Monsoon Mission is beginning to get underway, as it is set to beef up the computing resources and create the skills necessary ...
- Truant rains check sowing progress
The country has received 14% less rains than the long-period average (LPA) till Thursday since the beginning of the monsoon season on June ...
Farmers bet on rains while global market keeps a watchWith a normal monsoon forecast every state has increased its estimates.
- Farmers bet on rains while global market keeps a watch
This year, with a normal monsoon forecast by the India Meteorological Department, every state has increased its estimates for area under kh...
- Rajasthan: Low water table forcing farmers to delay cotton sowing
Farmers in Rajasthan are delaying sowing due to decreasing water table and non availability of canal water from the Indira Gandhi and the G...
- Heavy rains no dampener for kharif crops
Heavy rains across most of Maharashtra have not really impacted the kharif season sowing since it has achieved 94% sowing of foodgrains, pu...