The Andhra Pradesh (AP) government’s move to review and bring down the purchase cost of wind and solar energy could aggravate the problem of delayed payments from distribution companies and stress almost 5.2 GW of renewables projects with estimated debt exposure of over Rs 21,000 crore, credit rating agency CRISIL Research said. Nearly half of […]
India’s sugar production rose by 6% to 273.47 lakh tonnes till March 15, 2019, the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) said in a statement. On the corresponding date last year, 258.20 lakh tonnes had been produced with 399 mills operating as on 15th March 2018, the industry data said. “During 2018-19 SS, 527 sugar mills […]
Eight states including Uttar Pradesh are offering inter-state trading via 21 electronic national agricultural market (eNAM) so far in the country, the Agriculture Department said. Under the eNAM, launched in 2016, agri-trading was initially allowed within a mandi and later inter-mandi within a state was permitted. So far, 10 states are offering inter-mandi trade within […]
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the proposal of Ministry of Power to allocate 85 per cent power to the Government of Telangana generated from Telangana Super Thermal Power Project (4000MW) of NTPC Ltd. The cabinet also approved the allocation of 85 per cent power from expansion project of Patratu […]
India’s National Mineral Development Corporation beat mining giants Adani and Vedanta for a gold mine located in the Chittoor district of the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh. “This is first time that the NMDC is going to take up gold mining in India. We are the highest bidder in the e-auction for the gold mine […]
Andhra Pradesh (AP) is expecting a yield of 9,990 tonnes of coffee from the non-traditional growing areas which would be highest this year as the area under cultivation in the state has gone up by about 8,800 hectares during the past two years. The total extent under coffee cultivation in AP (in the hilly areas […]
Coconut price have been spiralling up in the Indians state of Andhra Pradesh after poor monsoon rains last year hit production, which fell by as much as 30 percent, according to estimates. Although the retail prices have been increasing, coconut farmers are not getting good price. The price of each Coconut in the market is […]
The government of India’s southern Andhra Pradesh state has set up a panel to study the efficacy of the Roundup Ready Flex or Glycel BT hybrid cotton seed in the fields. It is possible the government might legitimise the sowing of this seed, as per representation of prominent cotton farmers of the state. The twin traits […]
