By Shreehari Paliath, New Delhi : Indian farms produced record harvests in 2017, and the government's agricultural budget rose 111 per cent over four years to 2017-18. Yet, prices crashed, 8,007 farmers committed suicide in 2015, unpaid agricultural loans rose 20 per...
By Vivek Puri, Carrots came to India from Afghanistan sometime around the 10th century; potatoes were brought by the Portuguese in the 17th century. However, theres nothing alien about mustard. It is native to India and has been around for thousands of years. Food...
New Delhi : Oil and gas explorer ONGC on Sunday said that "all options" including internal accruals and short-term borrowing are available to fund its acquisition of HPCL. "We have various options available with us to fund this deal," Shashi Shanker, Chairman and...
New Delhi : Economic reforms are expected to drive up gold demand in the country in 2018, feels Alistair Hewitt, Director for Market Intelligence with the World Gold Council. In an interview to business news channel BTVI, Hewitt said economic reform policies will lead...
By Rohit Vaid, New Delhi : Crude oil prices at around $60 per barrel is the "ideal" level for Air India to sustain its new-found revenue growth, the airline's Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) Pradeep Singh Kharola said. When asked about the surge in crude oil...
By Vivian Fernandes, New Delhi : The global merger of Bayer CropScience and Monsanto cannot happen unless the Competition Commission of India (CCI) approves their merger in India, according to a top official of Bayer in India. Richard van der Merwe, Vice-chairman and...
By Saurabh Katkurwar, New Delhi : There is good news for those with a sweet tooth. Sugar prices have fallen in the last one month and are expected to remain low for the coming months. The price of sugar in the retail markets in major cities have dipped Rs 1-4 per kg...
New Delhi : Lower food prices pulled India's annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices to a three-month low of 3.58 per cent in December, official data showed on Monday. As per data furnished by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Wholesale Price Index...
New Delhi : The National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange Ltd (NCDEX) on Sunday unveiled India's first agri-commodity options in guar seed designed as a hedge for farmers to safeguard against price risks. The agri-options trading has been launched here by Finance...
New Delhi : Online multi-commodity exchange National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX) on Wednesday announced data storage and management company NetApp as its partner of choice for data-driven business transformation. In order to enhance customer...