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Fertilizer companies to lose Rs 3,000cr due to reduction in DAP subsidy
While the Union Government has increased the subsidy rate for N under the NBS scheme...
Samyukta Kisan Morcha gives call for nation-wide struggle
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella organisation of Indian farmers' unions,...
25% rise in agri, processed food export
According to provisional data released by the Directorate General of Commercial...
Retail inflation goes down to 6.77 per cent in October
This is for the first time in three months that retail inflation has slipped below...
WPI inflation falls to single digit in Oct
The WPI-based inflation dipped to a 19-month low of 8.39 per cent in October on...
Cashew export from India drops to $22.71mn in Sep
African countries, especially Guyana, Mozambique, Tanzania and Ivory Coast, are...
States responsible for continued stubble burning, not the farmers: NHRC
NHRC says that the State Governments have to provide harvest machines to get rid...
Centre to promote export of millets
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry through its apex agricultural export promotion...
Inflation effect: Global food import bill set to rise to nearly $2trn, but import by poor countries decreases
The bulk of the increase in the bill is accounted for by high-income countries,...
Govt argues in SC that approval to GM mustard is in national interest, self-reliance to be achieved in edible oils
Calling the decision to approve the environmental release of GM mustard variety...
Opposition to GM crops based on unfounded fears: Govt
The opposition by green groups to genetically modified (GM) crops is unfounded as...
Fight for MSP will be extended to every village: VM Singh
In his first presidential statement in the meeting of the MSP Guarantee National...
MCX appoints Harsh Kumar Bhanwala as Chairman
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has approved the appointment of...
IIMB’s NSRCEL and YSBFB join hands to support social businesses from rural India
While NSRCEL is leading the incubation programme, YSBFB will facilitate modules...
Rajasthan, Punjab causing bad air quality in Delhi-NCR: Union Minister Jitendra Singh
Science & Technology Minister Jitendra Singh cautioned that air-pollution-related...
60 lakh tonnes of sugar exports allowed
In order to prevent the uncontrolled export of sugar and ensure sufficient availability...
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