Food Category
BY RITWIK SINHA Even as the wholesale sellers have not exactly downed their shutters at Azadpur Mandi (Asia’s biggest wholesale market for fruits & vegetables) following government’s announcement of lockdown for three weeks to combat Coronavirus crisis, the market operators are reporting situation increasingly turning out to be adverse for them. The wide fluctuation in […]
Warehouses in Guajarat are organising passes for their staff. Grain APMCs in the state will open on April 2. Large quantity of oilseeds, grains, spices and pulses are lying with the farmers as most of the APMCs had been voluntarily shut since Sunday. The government has assured availability of vegetables, grains and pulses, and other […]
Manufacturers of seeds have requested the government to ensure transportation of key farm inputs so that there is no roadblock due to the measures being taken to handle corona virus. Since the next three months are critical for farmers to prepare for kharif season, the seed industry has sought government’s help to ensure there is […]
As per reports, India’s coffee exports are likely to take a hit in the April-June quarter as orders from Italy, which has been the largest buyer of Indian Coffee has been battling a severe outbreak of coronavirus. Italy has been importing over a fifth of India’s coffee shipments. Ramesh Rajah, President of the Coffee Exporters […]
The proposed New National Fisheries Policy will focus on bringing new technology and ways to deal with the threat from cyclones as part of the overall objective to improve the income of fishermen, informed Union Fisheries Minister Giriraj Singh in the Rajya Sabha. The proposed policy will incorporate the provisions of the existing National Policy […]
Around 3,600 tonness of onion has been shipped to Sri Lanka and West Asian countries as part of the first outbound consignment after the Union government lifted ban on the exports of the kitchen staple. The Centre had banned onion exports on September 29 last year and imposed countrywide stock limits to control soaring prices […]
The price of subsidised cooking gas (LPG) has been hiked by Rs 35.55 per cylinder in the last five months, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said. As per government policy, LPG all over the country is available only at market price. However, households are entitled to buying 12 cylinders of 14.2-kg each at a subsidised rate […]
Global pepper market is witnessing a grim scenario with no demand seen in the past two weeks as the coronavirus outbreak impacts its prices in Europe and the US. As it is the demand has fallen by 6-8 per cent in 2020. This could fall further with COVID-19 as it spreads to key markets of […]
Vegetables prices went up further today despite increased arrivals of key produce in the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) Vashi, as the market decided to remain closed tomorrow in order to facilitate disinfection and protect participants from coronavirus (Covid-19), reports Business Standard. Total vegetable arrivals in the mandi surged to 830 vehicles, holding about nine tonnes each, and […]
India’s sugar production has reached only 210 lakh tonnes as on March 13, 2020, which is nearly 57 lakh tonnes less than the previous season, according to National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories Federation (NFCSF). Of this, sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh have produced nearly 83 lakh tonnes, taking the lead yet again. UP’s sugar […]
