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Can grains, maize ethanol fill sugarcane juice void in blending programme?

The ethanol blending programme is now all set to get delayed by a few years, with the sugar situation not looking very encouraging for the next few years

Sugar production continues to fall, output till Dec 15 dips by 10.7%

Co-op sugar factories estimate full-year production to be 12% less in FY23-24

Louis Dreyfus eyes deeper engagement with agritech startups: Sumeet Mittal

Inflation in 2023-24 and 2024-25 won't be as impactful as it was last year

MGNREGS job demand dips for first time FY24 in Nov, compared to FY23

Around 17.67 million households sought work under the scheme in November 2023, which was almost 5 per cent less than the same month of the 2022-23 financial year

Is MGNREGA work demand real sign of distress or problem lies elsewhere?

In FY23, around 87.5 million people worked under the scheme, according to the MGNREGA website. Till December 12 in FY24, approximately 72.6 million people had worked under the scheme

New national co-op policy calls for body to address financing needs

It has also called for rationalizing the process of winding up and liquidation of a cooperative where revival is not possible within a reasonable timeframe

Sugar companies, govt eye truce on ethanol ban from sugarcane juice

No rollback of December 7 order; firms call for one-time waiver

Centre aims for onion prices to drop below Rs 40 per kilogram by January

Justifying the ban, Consumer Affairs Secretary also noted that other major onion-producing nations, such as Egypt and Turkey, have banned exports, putting pressure on the Indian crop

Centre bans onion exports, tightens wheat stock limit to tame food prices

Maha farmers protest onion export ban; Ajit Pawar terms ethanol decision as 'sudden'

Wheat sowing picks up pace as Central inventories drop to 7-year low

A high-level team of officials on a survey in some of the major wheat-growing areas found that almost 85 per cent of wheat sown so far has been of climate-resistant varieties

Sugar associations demand review of plan for ethanol from sugarcane juice

ISMA says move may delay cane price payment to farmers

Stop producing ethanol from sugarcane juice: Govt to all sugar mills

The 2023-24 sugar season started in October, while the ethanol supply year (ESY) started in November

Proposal in works to buy 100K tonnes of maize at minimum support price

Broad contours of the purchase plan have been discussed

Despite subsidies, Budget maths sticks as Sitharaman enters home stretch

A crucial decision government has to take is whether to stick to the FY23 expenditure level or top it this year

India's apple imports may rise after crop damage in Kashmir, Himachal

Country is the world's fifth largest producer of the fruit but rains and floods have hurt domestic yield this year

High subsidy again skews fertiliser ratio in the kharif season 2023

Fertiliser subsidies account for 47 per cent of total govt subsidies for FY24

Climate-resistant wheat sown in almost 85% area this year, says survey

Acreage was around 19 million hectares till last week

Suicides by farmers drop 2.1% in 2022, farm labourers rise by 9.3%

This effectively means that in the last three years, while suicides by those who show farming as their profession have consistently declined, those who show as farm labourers have risen

Promise of higher MSP in Assembly polls: That's easier said than done

If states have to fall in line with MSPs declared by political parties, they will have to do so in violation of this central order or bear the full expense of the surplus procured at above MSP rates

Shivraj's 'Ladli Behna Yojana' becomes a game-changer for BJP in MP polls

The scheme was an instant hit, and within just a few months, over 1.3 crore women enrolled in the scheme, and the first tranche starting from June 2023