India considers curbing use of sugarcane for ethanol to tame record-high sugar marketIndia may limit sugarcane use for ethanol to increase sugar production with an aim to stabilise record-high sugar prices and ensure smooth ...
10 Aug, 2026, 04.22 PM IST
Indian rice export prices near 10-month high amid El Nino fears and rising domestic paddy costsIndian rice export prices remain near a ten-month high this week. Thai prices have reached a one-month peak, supported by buyer demand. Vie...
06 Aug, 2026, 06.23 PM IST
RBI MPC Meeting 2026: Central bank flags a threat for Indian agriculture warming up in the PacificThe RBI has flagged El Niño and an uneven southwest monsoon as key risks to agriculture, rural demand and the broader economy, despite cutt...
05 Aug, 2026, 12.47 PM IST
El Niño worsens plight of Asia’s rice belt after war price shockLower harvests risk driving up global food prices and inflation. This situation threatens food security for millions across developing Asia.
25 Jul, 2026, 11.34 AM IST
Pulses import bill shrinks as global prices fall, local production risesIndia's import bill for key pulses significantly decreased in FY26 due to robust domestic production. Lower global prices and import curbs ...
24 Jul, 2026, 02.25 PM IST
Expected fall in rice output could clear way for prolonged export curbs by IndiaProduction in India, the world's largest rice exporter, is under unusually intense focus after New Delhi banned exports of non-basmati whit...
01 Nov, 2023, 03.05 PM IST
Rice output may drop by about 10 million tonnes in 2022-23The output of wheat dropped due to an intense heat wave in March. Lower output and increased private trade also led to a 56% drop in the go...
12 Aug, 2022, 01.32 PM IST
Rice acreage down 13% till Aug 5 due to rain shortfallThe area covered under paddy stood at 274.30 lakh hectare as on August 5, against 314.14 lakh hectare in the corresponding period last year...
10 Aug, 2022, 03.55 AM IST
- Grain output may be close to target despite weather woes
Food grain production is likely to decline by 4.5% this year following erratic monsoon during the kharif season and lower paddy acreage in ...
25 Jan, 2013, 05.13 AM IST
- Rice output may rise, pulses drop
Rice production in 2011-12 kharif season is likely to rise to 87.10 million tonnes compared to 80.65 mt last year.
15 Sep, 2011, 04.02 AM IST
- Govt fails to push up rabi rice acreage
Despite a great boost in investment in rabi crops to make up for an over-11% drop in kharif output due to drought, the govt has failed to i...
24 Apr, 2010, 04.30 AM IST
- Government fails to incentivise farmers
Government has failed to incentivise the farmer in boosting acreage under Rabi rice upward from 47.69 lakh hectares in Rabi 2008.
23 Apr, 2010, 09.22 PM IST
Advance estimates peg rice output shortfall at 20 mtThe govt admitted a summer rice production shortfall.
04 Nov, 2009, 12.35 AM IST
- Govt still in the dark over kharif output shortfall
Almost two months after the yearly deadline for release of kharif crop advance estimates, the food ministry is still groping in the dark ov...
27 Oct, 2009, 03.57 AM IST
- Foodgrain shortfall may exceed projection, prices harden
The Food ministry is still fumbling in the dark over the extent of foodgrain production shortfall but it is now clear that government buys ...
26 Oct, 2009, 08.30 PM IST
- Rice bowl likely to be emptier than thought
The delay in advanced crop output estimates for the kharif season has raised fears that the decline in rice output this season could be bey...
06 Oct, 2009, 09.54 AM IST
Rice output fall may beat govt estimatesDelay in advanced crop output estimates for kharif could force India to imports.
06 Oct, 2009, 02.35 AM IST