The Cotton Association of India (CAI) has estimated its cotton crop for the 2019-20 season at 354.50 lakh bales of 170 kgs. each which is higher by 42.50 lakh bales compared to the previous year’s crop of 312 lakh bales. The increase in crop estimated for the 2019-20 season is on account of higher acreage […]
The central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, home to the country’s third-largest coal reserves, will not build any new coal power plants, Shailendra Kumar Shukla, chairman of Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company, a state-owned utility, told Quartz India. This comes only days after the government in the western state of Gujarat announced it will not give […]
Farmers in Gujarat have completed sowing in 82.80 lakh hectare or around 98 per cent of normal plantation area as of September 3, data available with the office of directorate of agriculture of Gujarat shows. Cotton acreage has crossed the normal range of 25.86 lakh hectares and stands at 26.64 lakh hectares. It amounts to […]
Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), owner of the Amul brand, has ramped up its milk supply to Mumbai and other cities in Maharashtra to bridge the deficit due to the death of nearly 1,000 milch animals and an acute shortage of fodder due to the recent floods in the western parts of the state. The floods […]
Marine fish catch in India during 2018 dropped by 9 per cent due to a sharp decline in oil sardine catch, state-run Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) announced last week. The annual fish landing data released by the institute reveals that the catch of oil sardine from Indian coasts suffered a decline of 54 […]
Sugarcane arrears to farmers touched nearly Rs 19,000 crore as on June 18 of the ongoing marketing year ending September with maximum amount owed by sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh, according to the government data. Mills in Uttar Pradesh owe the maximum amount at Rs 11,082 crore, followed by Karnataka (Rs 1,704 crore) and Maharashtra […]
The Rs 100,000 crore organised Indian dairy industry is something that global dairy giants such as Fonterra or Danone are finding impossible to ignore. Both these companies, however, have had a poor first run in India. The French dairy giant, Danone (dairy arm) burnt its fingers and exited the Indian market in early 2018, while […]
India’s cotton imports are likely to rise by 80 per cent this crop year (October 2018 to September 2019) to 2.7 million bales (one bale equals 170 kg) as compared to 1.5 million the previous year, according to latest data compiled by apex industry body, Cotton Association of India (CAI). “The major reason is unavailability […]
As the BT variety of cotton continues to account for over 96 per cent of cotton crop in the country, the Maharashtra government has managed to supply at least 2.25 crore packs of BT cotton seeds to farmers this kharif season. Though fears are being expressed about farmers possibly shifting to soyabean and maize as […]
Rapeseed production in India in 2018/19 is expected to rise nearly 19 per cent from a year earlier to a record 8.5 million tonnes due to conducive weather and as higher prices prompted farmers to expand areas under planting, a leading trade body Solvent Extractors’ Association of India (SEA) said in a statement. Rapeseed mustard […]
