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Budget 2023-24: Abolish GST on agri produce bought from FPOs; focus on commercialization of biotech start-ups
The agriculture sector remains a key focus area of every Union budget. This year,...
Cold-chain industry crucial to food safety
The MoA&FW, along with PHDCCI in association with NCCD as a knowledge partner, organized...
Union Budget 2023-24: Will certain subsidies remain or go?
The government may cut fertilizer subsidies to lower the budget deficit after having...
SAP hike of only Rs 35 in 5 years and delay in its announcement: Does this indicate end of political lobbying on the part of cane farmers in UP?
Five years and a sugarcane price hike of only Rs 35; price hike announcement awaited...
Sugar output up by 6 lakh tonnes
Sugar production in the country till 15 January 2023 in the current marketing year...
ACFI urges Fin Min to reduce import duty and GST on crop protection chemicals
The Agro Chem Federation of India (ACFI) has urged Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman...
WPI inflation eases to almost 2-year low in Dec
India's annual WPI inflation for the month of December 2022 eased to 4.95 per cent,...
FCI to adopt zero tolerance for corruption: Piyush Goyal
Food Minister Piyush Goyal has warned that those involved in corrupt practices in...
Industry players optimistic of measures in Union Budget for economic growth: Deloitte
An overwhelming number of survey respondents hope the general budget will fuel growth...
Wheat sowing up 1.40 pc to 337.18 lakh ha so far
The area under wheat sowing has increased by 1.40 per cent to 337.18 lakh ha so...
India to be price setter for fertiliser in global market: Mansukh Mandaviya
India will be a price setter for fertiliser in the global market, Union Minister...
FSSAI releases norms for identification of basmati rice
For the first time, food regulator FSSAI has come out with comprehensive standards...
Inflation dips to 1-yr low at 5.72 pc; industrial output expands
Retail inflation declined to a one-year low of 5.72 per cent in December 2022 mainly...
ISMA showcases its ethanol commitment in first-ever stall at Ethanol pavilion in Auto Expo 2023
The Auto Expo 2023 begins on January 13 in Greater Noida. There will be eight participants...
Free food distribution scheme keeps extreme poverty at bay in India: SBI Ecowrap
The report mentions that free food distribution of cereals during the pandemic starkly...
Union Budget needs to peg big fund to boost rural economy
The rural economy is still distressed. Inflation has been pinching hard, and real...
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