Indian state copper miner Hindustan Copper Ltd. (HCL) is in the initial stages of an $800 million expansion program. Construction is underway at a major new underground mine in the state of Madhya Pradesh, according to Resources Monitor, and expansions are planned at its operations in the states of Jharkhand and Rajasthan. HCL is implementing […]
Investment in coal-based power could rebound in India’s central Madhya Pradesh state after over a decade with the announcement of two mega-size projects, each with a capacity of 1,320 megawatts (Mw), the Business Standard newspaper reported last week. The estimated expenditure on each project is Rs 11,220 crore. The two projects would come up in […]
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 […]
According to the latest official data from the ministry of agriculture, wheat sown in India reached 298.47 lakh hectare so far in the rabi season 2018-19 as against 299.84 lakh hectare a year ago. Sowing of wheat, the main rabi crop, begins from October and harvesting from March-April. However, sowing of rice, pulses, coarse cereals and oilseeds […]
India’s soybean output is likely to rise significantly by 38 per cent this year on a sharp increase in average yield across the country, following favourable climatic condition in major cultivating states including Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. Data captured through the latest assessment of farmers, traders and other stakeholders by the apex industry body the Soybean Processors’ Association […]
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 […]
Due to increase in acreage and conducive weather condition, country’s Soybean output is likely to touch 105 lakh tonne-110 lakh tonnes, industry experts aver. Although there was a drought like situation in some parts of key growing area, Soybean output have not been impacted much. The average production of the previous three seasons is in […]
Garlic prices in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have dropped by around 60 per cent between March and May, data from the National Horticulture Research and Development Foundation (NHDRF) showed, promoting farmers to leave their crops in the field. During this season garlic witnessed bumper harvest and has been incorporated in the state’s […]
Despite a threatening onion glut due to over production of onions at the three major production centres in Maharashtra, MP and Rajasthan, onion growers have, on an average, received 38-59 per cent higher realisation in April-May this year compared with the same period last year, agriculture ministry data showed. Farmers are presently getting Rs 5.50-10.60 […]
A year after an agitation over falling onion prices in which five people died in police firing, farmers in Madhya Pradesh are set to launch protests over poor prices of garlic, which they say has fallen to as low as Rs 1/kg due to a bumper crop. Farmers say that prices in the wholesale market have dropped […]