Dr Bishwajit Dhar


International
UN-ESCAP report:  India does well on 85 indicators of SDG target

UN-ESCAP report: India does well on 85 indicators of SDG target

India’s performance on 85 of Sustainable Development Goal parameters has improved,...

Agri Start-Ups
Agrifood fintech platform Ayekart raises $6.5Mn in 'Series A' funding

Agrifood fintech platform Ayekart raises $6.5Mn in 'Series A' funding

Ayekart, a leading agrifood fintech platform, has raised USD 6.5 Million (INR 53...

National
Food inflation eases to 6.85pc in Jan

Food inflation eases to 6.85pc in Jan

Inflation in vegetables was 19.71 per cent in January, down from 26.3 per cent in...

Agribusiness
APEDA facilitates 500 startups to market and export millet based value added products

APEDA facilitates 500 startups to market and export millet based value added products

A success story has just come in from Sangrur in Punjab where a farmer, Dilpreet...

National
Cops use tear gas to prevent agitating farmers from entering Delhi

Cops use tear gas to prevent agitating farmers from entering Delhi

Haryana police fired teargas shells at farmers as they marched from Punjab to Delhi...

National
Retail inflation drops to 3-month low of 5.1pc in Jan

Retail inflation drops to 3-month low of 5.1pc in Jan

Thanks to lower food prices, retail inflation fell to a three-month low of 5.1 per...

National
Tight security in Delhi for farmers' Delhi Chalo March

Tight security in Delhi for farmers' Delhi Chalo March

Amid palpable tension ahead of farmers' 'Delhi Chalo March' on February 13, prohibitory...

States
Bumper kinnow crop worries Abohar farmers

Bumper kinnow crop worries Abohar farmers

Farmers in Punjab's Abohar region, famous for its kinnow, are worried about not...

National
Global Vikas Trust changes lives of farmers in Maharashtra, MP

Global Vikas Trust changes lives of farmers in Maharashtra, MP

Global Vikas Trust (GVT), under the visionary leadership of Mayank Gandhi, has spearheaded...

Agribusiness
Wheat stock limit tightened for wholesalers, big chain retailers, processors

Wheat stock limit tightened for wholesalers, big chain retailers, processors

In a bid to curb hoarding and price rises, the Centre has tightened wheat stock...

National
Charan Singh, MS Swaminathan, Narasimha Rao to get Bharat Ratna

Charan Singh, MS Swaminathan, Narasimha Rao to get Bharat Ratna

Former prime minister and champion of farmers Chaudhary Charan Singh as well as...

National
RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.5pc

RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.5pc

The RBI’s Monetary Policy announced its decision to keep the repo rate unchanged...

Agribusiness
Anand embarks upon a new journey: This time to spearhead development of commodity derivatives system

Anand embarks upon a new journey: This time to spearhead development of commodity derivatives system

The National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) Investor Protection Fund...

States
UP budget targets 5.1pc agri growth in FY25

UP budget targets 5.1pc agri growth in FY25

With farmers in Uttar Pradesh Accounting for a sizeable chunk of voters, the state...

International
FAO projects record 2023-24 cereal output at 2.836 bn ton

FAO projects record 2023-24 cereal output at 2.836 bn ton

Global coarse grains and overall cereal production in 2023-24 are projected to reach...

National
Govt procures over 650 LT kharif paddy, maximum procurement in Punjab and Chhattisgarh

Govt procures over 650 LT kharif paddy, maximum procurement in Punjab and Chhattisgarh

The government has procured over 650 lakh tonnes of paddy grown in the kharif (summer-sown)...