Rome : Global tea consumption and production will keep rising over the next decade, driven by robust demand in developing and emerging countries, notably China and India, according to a new report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation...
New Delhi : Domestic petrol prices increased for the 14th consecutive day on Sunday, with the key transportation fuel being sold at Rs 78.12 per litre in the national capital. According to the data from oil marketing major IndianOil, petrol price rose to Rs 78.12 in...
New Delhi : Total foodgrain production in the country this year is going to be record 279.51 million tonne, which is 4.4 million tonne higher than the last year, Union Agriculture Ministry said in its third advance estimates issued on Wednesday. Last year, the...
By Saurabh Katkurwar, Bhopal : Barku Jairam, a 55-year-old farmer from Barwani of Madhya Pradesh, has taken up cultivating organic cotton, which he claims, has significantly brought down input costs besides ensuring a decent yield. The demand for organic cotton from...
New Delhi : With the resumption of dynamic pricing system for transport fuels on Monday by the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), petrol prices in the national capital shot up to 74.80 per litre. The IOC had suspended dynamic pricing system for transport fuels for 19 days...
Chandigarh : Making it another bumper rabi crop, food grain states Punjab and Haryana have procured over 206 lakh tonnes of wheat this season, food and supplies officials in both states said on Monday. In Punjab, the wheat procurement was over 122.1 lakh tonnes as...
New Delhi : Sugar production in the country crossed a record 31 million tonnes mark this year and the total production will be around 32 million tonnes when the season ends, the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) said on Thursday. "Till April 30, sugar mills have...
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday appreciated the farmers of Uttarakhand's Bageshwar district for making biscuits from their farm produce. "In Bageshwar, the main crops are mandwa, chaulai, corn or barley. This being a hilly area, the farmers did not...
Kolkata : State-run Hindustan Copper Ltd (HCL) on Monday said it has signed an MoU with Manganese Ore (India) Ltd (MOIL), to create long term business synergy for both the Central Public Sector Enterprises. The agreement was inked by HCL's Chairman and Managing...
By Bappaditya Chatterjee, Bhubaneswar : Mineral-rich Odisha, aspiring to become a manufacturing hub in India with downstream metal industries, has "learnt from the Posco experience" and prepared a GIS-based land bank of 121,000 acres for various industries, according...