The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecasts India’s cotton production for 2019/20 at 29.0 million 480-pound bales, up 2 per cent from its previous forecast and 9 per cent from last year. Harvested area is forecast at 12.6 million hectares, up 2 per cent from last month and unchanged from last year. The increase […]
Union minister Pralhad Joshi Wednesday said the auction of coal blocks would commence “very shortly”. The coal minister also said that major policy changes would also be notified very shortly and expressed hope that the auction would be successful. However, coal mines, which were awarded through flagship e-auction during the BJP’s first term, are still […]
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 […]
India’s sugar production rose by 6% to 273.47 lakh tonnes till March 15, 2019, the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) said in a statement. On the corresponding date last year, 258.20 lakh tonnes had been produced with 399 mills operating as on 15th March 2018, the industry data said. “During 2018-19 SS, 527 sugar mills […]
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 […]
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the proposal of Ministry of Power to allocate 85 per cent power to the Government of Telangana generated from Telangana Super Thermal Power Project (4000MW) of NTPC Ltd. The cabinet also approved the allocation of 85 per cent power from expansion project of Patratu […]
The apex body, the Cotton Association of India (CAI), has predicted India’s cotton crop at 335 lakh bales (each of 170kg) for the year 2018-19, about 8 per cent lower from 365 lakh bales reported last year. Due to deficient rainfall and water shortage in cotton growing regions, CAI stated that farmers in about 70-80 […]
The Telangana state government has put severe restrictions on the use of glyphosate, a controversial herbicide, in agricultural and horticultural crops in general and cotton in particular to curb the illegal use and spread of herbicide tolerant cotton (or Bt3) in the state. It has asked the pesticide dealers not to sell the herbicide, which […]
The Telangana government has decided to set up a special cell for turmeric farmers which would help in bringing qualitative changes for cultivating turmeric as a commercial crop. The state government decided on this initiative as the central government turned down its request for setting up a national turmeric board on the lines of Coffee […]
Cotton is unlikely to remain the main cash crop which is widely cultivated in Telangana as 6.75 lakh acres in 204 mandals in the state have been distinguished for oil palm plantation this month. To kick-start the transition, 50,000 acres of land in Khammam and Bhadrachalam regions are now reserved solely for oil palm cultivation. […]
