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| Rising fuel costs make biomass energy unattractive | 20-OCT-09 |
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| Biomass energy developers in Andhra Pradesh have been feeling the pinch of rising fuel prices over the past few months. With the kharif crop failing due to drought this year, the price of rice husk, which has the highest calorific value among the biomass used, is likely to go up further. Also, the recent floods in the state will add to the rising price of biomass. |
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| Kharif crop to fall 15-10%, rural economy to lose steam by 20-25%: Ficci | 05-OCT-09 |
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| Drought will lead to a 15-20 per cent decline in kharif crop this year which will result a loss of more than 16 million tonnes in foodgrain output. The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci), an industry body, said in a research paper that such a decline could affect the government stock and hinder the public distribution system (PDS) for foodgrains. |
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| Concerns about water availability persist | 17-SEP-09 |
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| Good rainfall since August 15 in most part of the country has changed the kharif crop outlook perceptibly. Apart from enhancing the yield prospects of the standing crops, these rains have improved the outlook for the next rabi season which can help offset the likely shortfall in kharif harvest. |
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| Rajeev Malik: Wake up to shifting cross-currents | 09-SEP-09 |
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| India's four-month-long monsoon is now in the last month of the season, and it has been a roller-coaster ride. After a poor June, rains improved in July, the key sowing month, but posted a worrying shortfall in the first half of August before improving meaningfully thereafter. |
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| Recent rains infuse new lease of life in sugarcane | 30-AUG-09 |
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| Sugarcane farmers in Gujarat have heaved a sigh of relief with rains coming to their rescue. After a gap of more than a month, much needed rainfall across Gujarat, especially major cane growing region of South Gujarat, has helped control the damage to sugarcane crop. |
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| Kharif crop output to fall 15-20%: FM | 28-AUG-09 |
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| Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said the production of Kharif or summer crop would decline by 15-20 per cent, as 252 districts in 10 states are drought-hit. |
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| Crops worth Rs 1,387 cr lost due to erratic rains in Karnataka | 26-AUG-09 |
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| The Karnataka government is estimated to have lost about Rs 1,387 crore worth of Kharif crops like paddy and pulses due to drought and excess rain in some districts of the state. “The crop loss due to floods and drought is together estimated to be Rs 1,387 crore during the 2009-10 Kharif season,” a state government official told PTI. |
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| UP declares 58 of 70 districts drought-hit | 17-AUG-09 |
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| Sant Ram, 36, of Makrandpur Dharajit village in Aonla tehsil of Bareilly district had planned to replace the thatched roof in his house with a ‘pucca’ rooftop. |
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| Both skies, ground ditch Haryana | 17-AUG-09 |
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| The farmers in Haryana are in a quandary. Even as the deficient rains have stalled their sowing operations, the escalating cost of getting water from other sources is threatening their plans to irrigate the fields. |
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