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FSSAI Suspends Licences of VKC Nuts, Chheda Specialties Foods Over Serious Food Safety Violations

FSSAI Suspends Licences of VKC Nuts, Chheda Specialties Foods Over Serious Food Safety Violations

FSSAI has suspended the licences of VKC Nuts Private Limited, Uttar Pradesh, and...

Top Policymakers, Industry Leaders and Innovators to Converge at India Bioenergy & Tech Expo 2026

Top Policymakers, Industry Leaders and Innovators to Converge at India Bioenergy & Tech Expo 2026

Three-day global bioenergy event begins August 11 in Greater Noida; Yogi Adityanath...

Rising Sugar Prices, Lower Stocks Prompt Industry to Advance Cane Crushing as Govt Tightens Market Oversight

Rising Sugar Prices, Lower Stocks Prompt Industry to Advance Cane Crushing as Govt Tightens Market Oversight

Facing tightening sugar stocks and a sharp rise in prices, India's sugar industry...

Govt Imposes Stock Limits on Sugar Dealers Amid Rising Prices and Supply Concerns

Govt Imposes Stock Limits on Sugar Dealers Amid Rising Prices and Supply Concerns

Government has imposed stock holding limits on sugar dealers from August 1 to November...

Farmers March Towards Delhi to Protest Proposed India-US Trade Deal; Police Stop Protesters at Borders, Detain Leaders

Farmers March Towards Delhi to Protest Proposed India-US Trade Deal; Police Stop Protesters at Borders, Detain Leaders

Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and other states attempted to march to...

Cabinet Approves National Investment Policy for Urea to Boost Domestic Production and Reduce Import Dependence

Cabinet Approves National Investment Policy for Urea to Boost Domestic Production and Reduce Import Dependence

The Union Cabinet has approved the National Investment Policy for Urea-2026 (NIPU-2026)...

Southwest Monsoon Covers Entire India, Rainfall Deficit Narrows to 14 Per Cent

Southwest Monsoon Covers Entire India, Rainfall Deficit Narrows to 14 Per Cent

The IMD has warned of extremely heavy rainfall in parts of western Uttar Pradesh...

India’s Kharif Sowing Area Down 21% as Delayed Monsoon Hits Farming

India’s Kharif Sowing Area Down 21% as Delayed Monsoon Hits Farming

India’s kharif sowing area declined nearly 21 per cent to 350.85 lakh hectares as...

Centre Hikes Onion Procurement Price to Rs 2,125 per Quintal to Accelerate Buffer Stock Creation

Centre Hikes Onion Procurement Price to Rs 2,125 per Quintal to Accelerate Buffer Stock Creation

The Centre has raised the onion procurement price under the Price Stabilisation...

Monsoon Arrives in Delhi; Widespread Rain Likely Across Several States Over the Next 2–3 Days

Monsoon Arrives in Delhi; Widespread Rain Likely Across Several States Over the Next 2–3 Days

The southwest monsoon has reached Delhi, bringing relief from the prolonged heat....

Monsoon Advances into West UP, Haryana and Punjab; Widespread Rain Likely Across India Over Next Week

Monsoon Advances into West UP, Haryana and Punjab; Widespread Rain Likely Across India Over Next Week

The IMD has forecast an active monsoon phase over the next week, driven by a low-pressure...

Monsoon Advances into Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, but India Records Driest June Since 2014

Monsoon Advances into Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, but India Records Driest June Since 2014

After nearly three weeks of slow progress, the southwest monsoon has advanced into...

Rajasthan, Haryana Sign Yamuna Water Pact After Three-Decade Stalemate; Rs 34,102 Crore Project Cleared

Rajasthan, Haryana Sign Yamuna Water Pact After Three-Decade Stalemate; Rs 34,102 Crore Project Cleared

Rajasthan and Haryana have signed the long-pending Yamuna Water Agreement, ending...

PM Modi Releases 23rd PM-KISAN Installment; Rs 18,880 Crore Transferred to 9.44 Crore Farmers

PM Modi Releases 23rd PM-KISAN Installment; Rs 18,880 Crore Transferred to 9.44 Crore Farmers

The 23rd instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) was disbursed...

Global Fertilizer Prices Fall Sharply, Bringing Relief to India; Urea Drops $250/Tonne, DAP Below $900

Global Fertilizer Prices Fall Sharply, Bringing Relief to India; Urea Drops $250/Tonne, DAP Below $900

Global prices of urea and diammonium phosphate (DAP) have declined significantly,...

Govt Exempts Import Duty on Cotton Till Oct. 31, Relief for Textile Industry but Concerns for Farmers

Govt Exempts Import Duty on Cotton Till Oct. 31, Relief for Textile Industry but Concerns for Farmers

The Centre has exempted cotton imports from all customs duties from June 1 to October...

India’s First Soil Carbon Payments Put Farmers at the Centre of Regenerative Agriculture

More than 2,500 farmers in Punjab and Haryana have received over Rs 2.9 crore through India’s first agricultural soil-carbon payments...

National

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...

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