Adequate availability of fertilisers for upcoming Kharif sowing season: GovtIndia is set for a robust Kharif season with ample fertilizer supplies. Domestic production and imports have ensured comfortable stock leve...
25 May, 2026, 04.49 PM IST
Macro, the Mightiest: Why India’s biggest macro variable still falls from the skyThe 2026 monsoon comes with a clear warning: Rainfall is forecast at 92% of the long-period average, with higher-than-usual probability of ...
24 May, 2026, 06.11 PM IST
Fertilisers stock comfortable to meet requirement of Kharif sowing season: GovtIndia's fertilizer supply for the upcoming Kharif season is secure. The Centre confirmed comfortable stock levels, exceeding usual requirem...
11 May, 2026, 03.53 PM IST
India's monsoon rains hit four-year high in boost to crop outputIndia experienced its highest monsoon rainfall since 2020, with above-average precipitation for three consecutive months, aiding recovery f...
30 Sep, 2024, 06.11 PM IST
Indian farmers rush to plant summer crops as monsoon revivesIndian farmers have ramped up the planting of summer-sown crops like paddy, soybean, cotton, and corn due to above-average monsoon rainfall...
16 Jul, 2024, 04.20 PM IST
India's kharif crop planting area rises; paddy leading year-on-yearCommodity-wise, paddy sowing is at 328.22 lakh hectares, as against 312.80 lakh hectares same period last year. Notably, India in July amen...
13 Aug, 2023, 01.23 PM IST
India's summer-sown crop planting lags on uneven monsoon rainsThis year, the delayed arrival of monsoon rains and lower rainfall in some southern, eastern and central states impacted planting of summer...
07 Jul, 2023, 08.04 PM IST
Heavy showers ahead of harvest season could fuel food prices, spur rate hikesThe increased food prices will ultimately compel the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to go for another rate hike in order to bring inflation ba...
10 Oct, 2022, 07.37 PM IST
Harvesting peaks, sowing continues for summer crops during lock downHarvesting is in its peak in Haryana, Punjab, UP and is likely to be completed by the end of April 2020. Punjab has deployed 18000 combines...
19 Apr, 2020, 04.54 PM IST
In case of a bumper crop, MSP hike may create storage issuesWarehousing corporation should empanel private players and sign MoUs (memoranda of understanding) with them as Gujarat and Rajasthan state ...
06 Jul, 2018, 07.23 AM IST
India expects farm output growth to remain stable at 4% in 2017-18 crop year“The agriculture growth rate of 4%, which we are expecting for 2016-17, will be maintained this year too,” India’s secretary for the farm m...
25 Apr, 2017, 06.33 PM IST
Kharif sowing up by 5 per cent so farArea under kharif crops other than cash crops has increased by 5 per cent to 1,046.32 lakh hectare so far this season on account of good mo...
04 Oct, 2013, 08.11 PM IST
Kharif sowing up 18% to nearly 750 lakh hectares so farArea under kharif crops, including paddy, has increased by 17.70 per cent to 747.78 lakh hectares so far in the ongoing kharif season.
26 Jul, 2013, 08.18 PM IST
- Summer rice output seen down 6.5%: Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar
Summer-sown rice output in the new season that began in July is expected to be 85.59 million tonnes, Sharad Pawar said, down 6.5% from the ...
24 Sep, 2012, 02.10 PM IST
- On-time monsoon raises acreage of commercial crops
Exports of both these crops, ironically, have been controlled in the past several months despite firm global prices.
04 Jun, 2011, 08.36 AM IST
- Good monsoon forecast spurs farmers to sow more acerages under sugarcane & cotton
According to reports, sugarcane has been planted in 50.61 lakh hectare till date as compared to 48.63 lakh hectare last year while Cotton h...
03 Jun, 2011, 08.16 PM IST
- Centre ponders Look East strategy on Kharif staple rice
Centre's upcoming two-day national level meet on summer sown crops is gearing up to coin an aggressive Look East strategy on kharif staple ...
05 Apr, 2011, 08.15 PM IST