What is El Niño and how does it affect India? Could it bring a drought-like monsoon and higher grocery bills?El Niño conditions are now active in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, raising concerns for India's monsoon. Warmer Pacific waters disrupt weat...
13 Jun, 2026, 10.13 AM IST
El Nino sets in, clouds kharif outlookEl Nino conditions have set in and may strengthen during the southwest monsoon, raising concerns for India's largest sowing window. The neu...
13 Jun, 2026, 12.19 AM IST
El Niño clouds loom over kharif crops, farm payA developing El Niño event thousands of miles away poses a significant threat to India's agriculture. This weather phenomenon is linked to ...
09 Jun, 2026, 05.30 AM IST
States asked to focus on sowing pulses, oilseedsIndia's government is urging states to focus on pulses and oilseeds for the upcoming kharif sowing season. This directive comes amid predic...
03 Jun, 2026, 12.33 AM IST
El Nino threat: Centre rolls out kharif contingency plan to shield cropsAgriculture ministry has directed states to prepare district-wise crop strategies, and promote short-duration crops such as pulses, certain...
23 May, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Monsoon to arrive in Kerala on May 26, six days early; IMD forecasts below-normal rainfall for 2026The monsoon is expected to arrive in Kerala on May 26, six days earlier than usual. This early onset is significant as it precedes sowing f...
16 May, 2026, 12.26 AM IST
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'...
11 Aug, 2025, 09.08 PM IST
Paddy sowing up 13% to 4.53 lakh hectare till June 13 this year: GovtPaddy sowing during this Kharif season has seen a 13% increase, reaching 4.53 lakh hectares compared to 4 lakh hectares last year. Pulses a...
17 Jun, 2025, 07.59 PM IST
Sugar exports to depend on monsoon, cane sowing in 2024-25India may consider allowing sugar exports for the 2024-25 season pending final assessment of sugarcane sowing and output. The country antic...
28 May, 2024, 04.46 PM IST
Kharif sowing crosses 968 lakh hectare markThe total sown area (968.48 lakh hectare) is 107.84% of the area sown at this time last year (898.05 lakh ha).
23 Aug, 2013, 06.58 PM IST
Not overly worried about bad monsoon: Agriculture SecretaryAgriculture Ministry said it was not "overly worried" about a bad monsoon affecting crop production.
17 Apr, 2013, 07.13 PM IST
- Monsoon cheer for agri ministry
The progress of monsoon has brought good news for the agriculture ministry and brightened its hopes of attaining the food production target...
09 Jul, 2010, 05.16 AM IST
- Farmers may lose 35 kg wheat/hectare a day for delayed sowing
As protests on sugarcane pricing threaten to delay wheat sowing in Uttar Pradesh, agri research body ICAR today warned that farmers may los...
19 Nov, 2009, 10.22 PM IST
- Maharashtra farmers fear second consecutive bad year
Though the entire state’s agriculture bureaucracy is busy celebrating agriculture day in Nagpur today in the diamond jubilee year of the st...
01 Jul, 2009, 03.57 PM IST
- Delay in rains worries Maharashtra farmers
Farmers are waiting for the rains to sow jowar, bajra, maize, groundnut & pulses. As on June 15 sowing has been done on 6% of the normal kh...
17 Jun, 2009, 04.01 AM IST
- Govt expects healthy crop output on good monsoon
On the back of good monsoon, the government expects a healthy crop output in the kharif season this year but feels even distribution of rai...
06 Jul, 2008, 11.20 AM IST
- Sowing sorrow for Maharashtra farmers
After the severe shortage of fertilisers and seeds in the state, the subdued monsoon has badly affected sowing in Maharashtra.
26 Jun, 2008, 01.21 AM IST