India’s sugar production is estimated to have risen by 4.75 per cent to 115.70 lakh tonnes during the October-December period of the 2021-22 season, sugar cooperatives body NFCSFL said. Sugar output stood at 110.45 lakh tonne in the same period of 2020-21 season. Sugar season runs from October to September. About 491 mills had crushed […]
Wine in Maharashtra may soon be available in supermarkets, shop in shops, daily needs shops, departmental stores, bakeries and similar outlets as the state government is likely to draft a new policy shortly, allowing winemakers to broaden their retail footprint. The thinking behind this shift is that majority of wines have very low content of […]
The government has so far disbursed Rs 2,071 crore for 4,003 projects under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said. Tomar, in a written reply to the Lok Sabha, said a total of 8,488 projects have been sanctioned under the scheme so far with a loan amount of Rs 6,098 crore. “Out […]
State-run Coal India auctioned 3.2 million tonnes of coal exclusively for the non-power sector in November, a senior company official said, more than five times the volume auctioned a year earlier and about eight times the allocation in September. Coal India had temporarily paused auctions of coal to non-power customers and reduced contracted supplies in […]
The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MSEDCL) has issued separate tenders to procure 342 megawatts (MW) of energy from grid-connected intrastate wind projects and 300 MW from interstate and intrastate wind projects. The projects will be selected through e-bidding followed by an e-reverse auction process. The last date to submit online bids is December 16, […]
Cane dues to be paid by sugar mills to farmers stood at Rs 4,445 crore during the 2020-21 season (October-September), with maximum arrears in Uttar Pradesh, Parliament was informed. During the 2020-21 season, a total of Rs 92,804 crore was to be paid towards sugarcane price to the farmers. Out of which Rs 88,359 crore […]
After the Dahanu-Gholvad chikoo fruit from Palghar district of Maharashtra, a variety of rice Wada Kolam widely grown in the same region has been given a ‘Geographical Indication’ tag, which will give it a unique identity as well as wider markets. It will also fetch better rates to the Wada farmers, besides bringing traceability and […]
Adani Solar, the Adani Group’s solar manufacturing and EPC arm, has announced the launch of its retail distribution business for India’s eastern and north eastern states with KSL Cleantech Ltd as the official channel partner for the two regions, said a company statement. The aim of this partnership with KSL Cleantech, is to rapidly penetrate […]
Sugar production in the country between October 1 and November 15 for the current sugar season has touched 20.90 lakh tonnes, as many sugar mills began crushing operations early. Last year, sugar mills had produced 16.82 lakh tonnes in the same period. Compared to 289 sugar factories, which were crushing sugarcane till November 15, 308 […]
Sugar mills in India have exported 2.76 lakh tonnes of sugar in the last 40 days of the current marketing year with maximum shipments to the UAE, trade body AISTA said. Over 1.44 lakh tonnes of sugar is under loading, All India Sugar Trade Association (AISTA) said in a statement. Mills have contracted to export […]
