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India’s Wholesale Inflation Rises to 9.92 pc in August on Higher Food, Fuel Prices

India’s Wholesale Inflation Rises to 9.92 pc in August on Higher Food, Fuel Prices

India’s wholesale inflation rose to 9.92% in August 2026 from 9.78% in July, driven...

Government Tightens Sugar Stock Rules as Prices Stay Elevated, Orders Strict Compliance from Mills

Government Tightens Sugar Stock Rules as Prices Stay Elevated, Orders Strict Compliance from Mills

The Centre has intensified efforts to keep sugar prices under control ahead of the...

Indian Basket Crude Oil Crosses $100 as Middle East War Raises Risks

Indian Basket Crude Oil Crosses $100 as Middle East War Raises Risks

Global crude oil prices are approaching $100 a barrel as US-Iran tensions intensify...

El Niño Update: WMO Forecasts Strongest El Niño in 50 years, To Continue Through February 2027

El Niño Update: WMO Forecasts Strongest El Niño in 50 years, To Continue Through February 2027

The WMO says El Niño is firmly established and could intensify into a very strong...

WDRA Removes Fixed Security Deposit for Warehouse Registration, Introduces Dynamic Deposit for eNWR Business

WDRA Removes Fixed Security Deposit for Warehouse Registration, Introduces Dynamic Deposit for eNWR Business

WDRA has abolished the fixed security deposit requirement for warehouse registration...

Government Expands Onion Buffer Stock Release to 19 Cities to Check Seasonal Price Rise

Government Expands Onion Buffer Stock Release to 19 Cities to Check Seasonal Price Rise

The government has expanded onion buffer stock releases to 19 cities through Kanda...

Farm Peace Launches Rs 32 Crore IPO on BSE SME to Scale Potato Contract Farming

Farm Peace Launches Rs 32 Crore IPO on BSE SME to Scale Potato Contract Farming

Farm Peace Limited has launched its Rs 32 crore IPO on the BSE SME platform to fund...

India’s Q1 GDP Growth Accelerates to 7.8%, But Agriculture Slows Down

India’s Q1 GDP Growth Accelerates to 7.8%, But Agriculture Slows Down

India’s Q1 FY2026-27 GDP growth accelerated to 7.8% from 6.9% a year earlier, driven...

Rs 23,731 Crore GOBARdhan Scheme to Take Effect from September 1, Consumer Impact Expected to be Minimal

Rs 23,731 Crore GOBARdhan Scheme to Take Effect from September 1, Consumer Impact Expected to be Minimal

The Centre has approved the Rs 23,731 crore GOBARdhan scheme for 2026-27 to 2035-36...

India to Replace Monthly Sugar Quotas with Fortnightly Allocation System; Mills Required to Sell 40% in First Week

India to Replace Monthly Sugar Quotas with Fortnightly Allocation System; Mills Required to Sell 40% in First Week

Government of India has decided to introduce a fortnightly sugar allocation system...

India Allows 10 Lakh Tonnes of Duty-Free Raw Sugar Imports to Curb Record Prices

India Allows 10 Lakh Tonnes of Duty-Free Raw Sugar Imports to Curb Record Prices

India has allowed duty-free imports of up to 10 lakh tonnes of raw sugar until October...

Food Ministry Accused Sugar Mills of Encouraging Speculation in Price, Warned of Legal Action

Food Ministry Accused Sugar Mills of Encouraging Speculation in Price, Warned of Legal Action

In a letter sent by the Directorate of Sugar to all sugar mills across the country,...

India Has 1.2 MT Untapped Rice Bran Oil Potential, SEA Calls for Policy Push

India Has 1.2 MT Untapped Rice Bran Oil Potential, SEA Calls for Policy Push

India has an estimated 1.20 million tonnes of untapped rice bran oil potential,...

Wholesale Inflation Eases Marginally to 9.78% in July, But Food Index Goes UP

Wholesale Inflation Eases Marginally to 9.78% in July, But Food Index Goes UP

India’s wholesale inflation eased marginally to 9.78% in July 2026 from 9.87% in...

ISMA, ICAR-ISRI Join Hands to Establish Advanced Centre for Quality Sugarcane Seed Production

ISMA, ICAR-ISRI Join Hands to Establish Advanced Centre for Quality Sugarcane Seed Production

ISMA and ICAR-ISRI have signed an MoU to establish an Advanced Centre for Quality...

Retail Inflation Hits 4.45% in July, Highest Since December 2024; Food Inflation Rises to 5.52%

Retail Inflation Hits 4.45% in July, Highest Since December 2024; Food Inflation Rises to 5.52%

India’s retail inflation rose to 4.45% in July 2026, the highest level since December...

US Ethanol Exports Hit Record Highs, India Among Key Markets

U.S. ethanol exports remained on record pace in 2026, with shipments through June up 12 percent in volume and 21 percent in value....

International

Rice, Marine and Meat Exports Rise in August; Spices, Fruits-Veg and Oilmeal Decline

India’s overall exports rose 26.1 percent in August 2026, but the performance of individual agricultural products remained mixed....

National

IFFCO Chairman Dileep Sanghani Elected to ICA Global Board

IFFCO Chairman Dileep Sanghani has been elected as an At-Large Director of the International Cooperative Alliance Global Board. His...

Cooperatives

UPI Stays Free for P2P Payments, 0.4 Percent MDR on Merchant Transactions Above Rs 2,000

The government’s new UPI framework keeps all P2P payments free and leaves about 96 percent of merchant transactions outside MDR. A...

National

Himachal Agri University Study Finds Direct-Seeded Rice Cuts Emissions, Saves Water and Shows Carbon Credit Potential

Multi-year research in Himachal Pradesh shows that the direct-seeded rice method can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, improve...

Agritech

Maharashtra Cabinet Clears Rs 750 Crore Soft Loans for Cooperative Sugar Mills

Maharashtra Cabinet has approved around Rs 750 crore in soft loans for cooperative sugar mills to clear pending FRP dues for 2025-26...

States