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- India craves a sweet fix for crude addiction. Can it work?
- E20 petrol now the main fuel in India from April 1. What this big shift means, and can your car handle ethanol-blended fuel?India has mandated E20 petrol, a blend of 20% ethanol and 80% petrol, across the nation from April 1, 2025. This initiative aims to reduce ...01 Apr, 2026, 04.02 PM IST
- AISTA trims India sugar output estimate to 28.3 mt on weather hitIndia's sugar production for the 2025-26 season is now projected at 28.3 million tonnes. This revision comes after adverse weather conditio...06 Mar, 2026, 11.27 AM IST
- Anand Mahindra honours the forgotten female scientist who made India's identity sweeter. 'Slipped into footnotes of our history'India’s agricultural progress owes much to Dr. Janaki Ammal, a pioneering botanist whose work transformed the country’s sugarcane industry....08 Dec, 2025, 10.35 PM IST
- Bitter reality: Sugar industry faces Rs 40,000 crore meltdown despite govt’s big ethanol pushWith grain-based ethanol now dominating the market, demand for sugarcane-based ethanol has declined, directly impacting mill revenues and p...21 Sep, 2025, 09.24 AM IST
- ISMA urges government to restore 50:50 grain-sugar ratio for ethanol productionISMA expects the upcoming 2025-26 sugar season to be a bumper in terms of production.08 Jul, 2025, 02.31 PM IST
- Firm domestic prices and improvement in realisations to drive performance of sugar companiesThe performance of sugar companies is expected to improve significantly from the March 2025 quarter, aided by a jump in sugar prices. Sugar...10 Feb, 2025, 06.30 AM IST
- India’s ambitious plan to cut oil import bill by $4 billion confronts vagaries of climate changeLow sugar cane yield, because of inadequate monsoon and shifts in weather patterns, is coming in the way of an effort to reduce dependence ...26 Nov, 2023, 09.55 AM IST
- Food versus fuel: Global Biofuel Alliance sparks off a debate on Indian conditionsThe recently launched Global Biofuel Alliance is being projected as a long-term solution to rising energy requirements. But what about basi...23 Sep, 2023, 09.28 AM IST
- India under PM Modi has realised her potential, capabilities in 9-years: Piyush GoyalIndia is standing firm and is realising "record exports" at a time when the economies of even the developed countries are in a struggling s...20 Jun, 2023, 10.23 PM IST
- India's sugar exports touches $4.6 bn in 2021-22India is the world's second-largest sugar producer after Brazil. Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka accounts for nearly 80 percent of...19 Apr, 2022, 09.31 AM IST
- View: Agriculture sector can get a booster shot if policy decisions address some current challengesIncreasing cost of cultivation should be addressed by reduction in cost of agrochemicals for farmers. A lower GST rate should be fixed for ...28 Jan, 2022, 11.24 PM IST
- Sugarcane farmers in UP were trained to conserve water. 275 billion litre was saved in 3 yearsSugar, which is one of the most water intensive crops, is dependent on the scarce resource for cultivation. Simple innovations in the sugar...22 Nov, 2019, 10.33 AM IST
- Raining worries: Commodities hit the roof as monsoon loses vigourCommodity futures rose sharply and many hit the upper circuit as the patchy monsoon heightened concerns of crop losses.17 Jul, 2012, 11.24 AM IST
- Rising sugar prices to come as a sweetenerShree Renuka Sugars (SRSL) scrip touched all-time high of Rs 220 at BSE on Wednesday on the back of the announcement that it is acquiring V...12 Nov, 2009, 01.46 AM IST
- 'Foodgrain output hike will be a key challenge'Raising non-foodgrain crop output may turn out to be a challenging affair, the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) said i...30 Jun, 2008, 12.01 AM IST
- Raising non-foodgrain crop output may be challenging: NCAERThe National Council of Applied Economic Research said that raising non-foodgrain crop output may turn out to be a challenging affair.29 Jun, 2008, 01.41 PM IST
- Foodgrain production records growth of 10-12 mn tons: OfficialDespite pessimism about the growth in the agriculture sector, India has achieved a record foodgrain production of 227 million tons in 2007-...17 Jun, 2008, 05.44 PM IST
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