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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...

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...

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...

Disclose rice stock, govt tells traders to check prices: Is stock limit on anvil?

Disclose rice stock, govt tells traders to check prices: Is stock limit on anvil?

The government on Friday directed traders to disclose rice stock as part of its...

Interim Budget evokes mixed response from agri industries, farmers' bodies

Interim Budget evokes mixed response from agri industries, farmers' bodies

The provisions in the Interim Budget announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman...

Budgets, subsidies for many key agri-schemes cut

Budgets, subsidies for many key agri-schemes cut

The budget of the Ministry of Agriculture has been slightly increased in the interim...

Interim Budget leaves farmers, agri sector high and dry

Interim Budget leaves farmers, agri sector high and dry

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Thursday presented the Interim Budget for the...

149.52 LT sugar produced till Jan15; 8 LT less than year-ago period: ISMA

149.52 LT sugar produced till Jan15; 8 LT less than year-ago period: ISMA

Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) on Tuesday said the country has produced 149.52...

SC reserves order on pleas for moratorium on release of GMOs into environment

SC reserves order on pleas for moratorium on release of GMOs into environment

The Supreme Court has reserved its order on pleas seeking moratorium on release...

India’s Sugar production crossed 148 lakh tonnes

India’s Sugar production crossed 148 lakh tonnes

As many as 509 sugar factories across the country have produced 148.70 lakh tonnes...

Now Mother Dairy buffalo milk in Delhi-NCR at Rs 70/litre

Now Mother Dairy buffalo milk in Delhi-NCR at Rs 70/litre

Leading suppliers of milk and milk products - Mother Dairy - announced the launch...

50pc export duty imposed on molasses to boost supply for ethanol production

50pc export duty imposed on molasses to boost supply for ethanol production

The government has imposed 50 per cent export duty on molasses - a by-product of...

Costlier veg push retail inflation to 4-month high of 5.69pc in Dec

Costlier veg push retail inflation to 4-month high of 5.69pc in Dec

Increase in prices of vegetables, pulses and spices has resulted in rise in retail...

Veg thali dearer by 12pc YoY; cost of pulses jump by 24pc: Crisil

Veg thali dearer by 12pc YoY; cost of pulses jump by 24pc: Crisil

The cost of veg thali rose by 12 per cent on-year basis due to substantial increase...

Sulphur coated urea to cost 12.50pc more than neem coated urea

Sulphur coated urea to cost 12.50pc more than neem coated urea

The central government has fixed the prices of sulphur coated urea. The rate of...

OMCs announce addl incentive of Rs 5.79/liter on maize-based ethanol

OMCs announce addl incentive of Rs 5.79/liter on maize-based ethanol

The state-owned oil companies (OMCs) have announced an additional incentive of Rs...

Time to leverage Intellectual Property to drive innovation, competitiveness: Seed Industry

India's agricultural sector is undergoing a remarkable transformation, embracing innovation and technology at an accelerated pace....

Technology

Cong fields Rahul Gandhi from Rae Bareli, KL Sharma from Amethi

Ending days of speculation, the Congress announced the candidatures of Rahul Gandhi and Kishori Lal Sharma in Rae Bareli and Amethi...

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Three BJP-ruled states become challenge for the Centre in wheat procurement

The main reason for this decrease is less procurement in Madhya Pradesh, UP and Rajasthan. All three are BJP ruled states lagging...

National

'Fresh From Farm' raises $2 million in Pre Series A

Fresh From Farm, a B2B2C platform for consolidating fresh fruit demand, has successfully raised USD 2 million in a Pre-Series A round...

Agri Start-Ups

NACOF OORJA launches SPV to promote sustainable farming in India

NACOF OORJA, one of India’s leading Renewable Energy developers and operators, supported by NACOF, a multi-state Cooperative Society...

Cooperatives

Election Commission releases voter turnout data after several days, questions raised on increased voting

The Election Commission has released the voter turnout data 11 days after the first phase of Lok Sabha elections and four days after...

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