India’s mustard output is all set to hit a record 10 million tonnes this year in the wake of the pilot project launched during 2020-21 rabi season. As per the oilseed mission lunched by the government through Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), the sowing area under the crop is said to have reached an […]
Domestic natural gas production slipped 2.2% year on year (YoY) to 2,551 million standard cubic metre (mscm) in January. The 2.6 million tonne (MT) of crude oil produced in the country during the month was also 4.6% lower than the production in the year-ago period. Indigenous natural gas production caters to about 51% of the […]
The 497 sugar mills operational in the country have together produced nearly 209 lakh tonnes of sugar till February 15 as against 170 lakh tonnes in the corresponding period last year, an increase of nearly 23 per cent. According to a press release issued by industry body Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA), while 183 sugar […]
State-owned steel maker SAIL on Friday reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 1,468 crore for the third quarter ended December 2020, mainly on account of higher income, a growth of almost 400 per cent over the same period in the previous fiscal, when the state-owned steelmaker posted a net loss due to the global […]
India’s sugar output estimate has been revised lower by 8 lakh tonnes to 30.2 million tonnes for the ongoing 2020-21 marketing season (October-September), industry body ISMA said. The output has been estimated after taking into account a likely diversion of about 2 million tonne of cane juice and B-molasses for ethanol production, it said. However, […]
India’s domestic natural gas production fell by 11.4 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to 27,642 million metric standard cubic metre (mmscm) in 2020 as operations became increasingly unviable for energy production companies with government lowering selling prices. The 2,426 mmscm of natural gas produced in December was however the highest monthly output recorded in the ongoing […]
India’s sugar production increased by 42 per cent year-on-year during October-December period at 110.22 lakh tonnes on higher cane output and an early start of mills in Maharashtra, according to trade data. Sugar marketing year runs from October to September. Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) said in a statement that mills produced 110.22 lakh tonnes […]
India’s sugar production is estimated to increase by 13 per cent to 31 million tonnes in the 2020-21 marketing season starting this month, on likely higher availability of sugarcane, according to industry body ISMA. The output has been estimated after taking into account a likely diversion of about 2 million tonnes of cane juice and […]
Cardamom production in India is likely to fall short in the current season due to the unprecedented floods and subsequent prolonged dry spell experienced in major growing regions in the country, according to the data compiled by the state-run Directorate of Arecanut & Spices Development (DASD), Financial Express reports. India is the second-largest producer of […]
India’s soybean production could jump by 32% in 2020 to 12.25 million tonnes from a year earlier due to higher area under the oilseed and as the yields are expected to rise on ample monsoon rainfall, estimated the Soybean Processors Association of India (SOPA). Increased production of India’s main summer-sown oilseed could help the world’s […]
