Spices Board of India is organising a mammoth cardamom special e-auction in a single day on Sunday, September 26, as part of the 75 weeks long programme named ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ to commemorate the 75th year independence celebrations. The e-auction will bring together the spice community enabling the spice growers to connect with the […]
State-owned Coal India Limited (CIL) announced that its subsidiary Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL) has tied up with power major NTPC to install a 50 megawatt (MW) solar power project in Madhya Pradesh. This will be the first ground-mounted solar project for NCL for which the project consultant NTPC has invited bids with a pre-bid date […]
Non-basmati rice exports from India have slowed during the current quarter, especially to the Far-East and South-East Asia, on new paddy arrivals from theregion. In addition, , payment trouble with Vietnam buyers, high freight charges and current market volatility are impacting shipments. On the other hand, shipments to Africa, especially parboiled rice, are doing well, […]
Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) has won 1000 megawatt (MW) grid-connected solar project worth Rs 5,500 crore in a bidding conducted by Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd (IREDA). According to a company statement, the state-run company has bagged the solar PV power project through a Request for Proposal (RFP) floated by IREDA. Nand Lal […]
India is becoming the destination country for healthy food items like millets and the government is promoting biofortified varieties to address malnutrition, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Sunday said as he participated in the G-20 Agriculture Ministers meeting virtually. Tomar said the United Nations (UN) has accepted India’s proposal and declared 2023 as international […]
Hyderabad-based solar cell and module manufacturer, Premier Energies, has raised Rs 200 crore from GEF Capital Partners, a global private equity manager. Premier’s plan is to invest Rs 1,200 crore over the next two years to raise its manufacturing capacity. The equity capital will be utilised to add 2 gigawatt (GW) of cell and 2 […]
Nearly 28 per cent of urban Indians are planning to spend on gold in the next three months, signalling a renewed appetite for the yellow metal amid the waning effects of second wave of COVID-19, as per a survey conducted by YouGov, a Mumbai-based marketing research firm. The gems and jewellery industry, which was impacted […]
Soyabean prices have fallen below Rs 6,000 per quintal in key markets across the country on new crop arrivals and the commencement of soymeal imports. The commodity prices had touched a record high of Rs 10,000 per quintal in the months of July and August, causing distress to the poultry and livestock sector. Soymeal forms […]
India’s crude oil production fell by 2.3 per cent in August 2021 while its natural gas output rose by more than a fifth on the back of output from KG-D6 fields of Reliance-BP, government data showed. Crude oil production dropped to 2.51 million tonnes in August as output from fields operated by state-owned Oil and […]
Exports of 37 agriculture and processed products, promoted by Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Apeda), jumped by 22% to touch $ 7.9 billion during first five months of the current fiscal. The export market saw a healthy demand for rice and other cereals as well as meat, dairy and poultry products. Exports […]
