India is set to ramp up rice utilization for ethanol production this year, amid reduced planting of maize and sugarcane, raising concerns a...

India debates ethanol mandates, drawing lessons from Brazil's Proalcool program. Brazil's initial success faced a late 1980s crisis due to ...

The ethanol story started simply enough: Cut India's dependence on imported crude oil. It would save foreign exchange. Give farmers a new a...

June was one of the worst monsoon months since records began to be kept. That is bad news for agro-chemical companies, though better rains ...

Sugar is one of the oldest distressed sectors in India. For decades it has swung between glut and shortage, carried heavy debt, was depende...

The government acknowledges E20 fuel's minor fuel economy reduction. This impact is outweighed by benefits like better engine performance a...

The Ministry of Petroleum released FAQs to clarify the Ethanol Blended Petrol Programme. India's ethanol blending targets were met through ...

India offers some of the world's cheapest petrol, according to the Petroleum Minister. Ethanol blending significantly contributes to these ...

India's crucial monsoon season has begun sluggishly, with a significant rainfall deficit raising concerns for the farm economy. Delayed sow...

The cabinet has increased the sugarcane purchase price for sugar mills by 4.41% to ₹355 per quintal for the season starting in October. Thi...

Some of its MLAs arrived for the session on tractors carrying sugarcane in solidarity with the ongoing farmers’ agitation and to protest ag...

DMK chief M Karunanidhi sought a hike in the procurement price of sugarcane, saying farmers want it to be hiked to Rs 3000 from the present...

Government's third advance estimate says 10% surge in rice production in 2008-09.

The government is understood to have rejected the proposal to increase the minimum price of sugarcane to Rs 155 per quintal, which was reco...

The government is understood to have rejected the proposal to increase the minimum price of sugarcane to Rs 155 per quintal, which was reco...

The Tamil Nadu government has fixed the minimum support price (MSP) for procuring sugarcane at Rs 1,034 per tonne, which is Rs 222.20 more ...

In a bid to encourage sugarcane farmers in the Union Territory, an additional Rs 61 would be paid to the farmers supplying it to cooperativ...