The country’s sugar production has fallen sharply by 30.22 per cent to 7.79 million tonnes in the first three months of current marketing year ending September, but ex-mill prices have remained stable so far, helping mills clear cane payment to farmers on time, ISMA said. However, sugar exports are happening at a good pace, Indian […]
The National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories (NFCSF) is seeking restructuring of the soft loans given to factories in past five years. The sugar industry is in deep financial distress and needs support, Prakash Naiknavare, managing director, NFCSF said to Financial Express. He also hinted at the possibility of the Centre raising the MSP of […]
Area sown to wheat, the main rabi crop, touched 27.8 million hectare (ha) so far in this season, about 90 per cent of the normal sowing area under this crop, according to latest agriculture ministry data. The area sown to wheat crop is higher than 25 million hectare covered in the year-ago period. Currently, farmers […]
India has exported nearly $6.3 billion (around Rs. 45,000 crores) worth of marine products in FY2019. The sector reported a CAGR of 13% between FY2010 to FY2019. However, it declined by 9% from FY2018 to FY2019 (in shipment value terms), even though shipments grew 18% in volume terms over this period, the US-based trade finance […]
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 […]
