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India looks at innovative ways to fund ethanol blending programme

However, experts say unless sources other than sugarcane, such as broken rice and maize are included as feedstock, it will be very difficult for the country to meet the 20% blending target by 2030

Govt hikes ethanol procurement price by Rs 1.95, nudges mills to blending

For the 2019-20 sugar season, government had fixed a target of producing 2.60 billion litres of ethanol.

Heavy rains hit onion crop; damage may keep inflation elevated for longer

Onion is cultivated three times a year - rabi season (March-May), kharif (October-December), and late kharif (January-March)

Back, front-end support to propel Kisan Rail project, say experts

This is Centre's second attempt to run special trains for agri goods

Centre invokes new Essential Commodities Act to set stock limits on onion

As per the Central order, retailers won't be allowed to hold more than two tonnes of onions with them; for wholesalers the cap is 25 tonnes

Why milk scores over other produce in fetching the farmer a better price

Almost 80% of the price an end-consumer pays comes into the hands of the milkman, due to the existence of fewer middlemen and the efficient manner in which it travels from farm to kitchen

Liquidity crunch likely to hit farm gate level procurement by FPOs

Experts say banks are still hesitant to lend to producers as there is no collateral

Centre's Garib Kalyan Scheme and the reality of a burgeoning subsidy bill

While govt would have saved Rs 18,000 cr by distributing 33 mn tonnes of grains that would otherwise have gone waste, its subsidy payout amounts to Rs 45,000 cr

32% of FCI's FY21 wheat procurement cost to be mandi taxes, middlemen fee

The other components are poo­led cost of grains and distribution cost that includes freight, handling, and storage, etc

Centre says will procure paddy, cotton worth Rs 175,000 crore in 2020-21

Minimum support price mechanism will remain, says agriculture secretary as farmer group reportedly rejects plea for meeting.

Weighing the pros and cons of the call for making MSP a legal right

Making purchases below the minimm support price unlawful might at best help a limited set of farmers, but it could also end up hurting a large section of the population

Centre may raise ethanol procurement by Rs 2.5-3 per litre for 2020-21

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) is expected to decide on the same soon, say sources

Farmers block rail tracks, threaten to intensify stir as prices drop

Social media was agog with reports that a farmer in Maharashtra has complained of being fleeced by a trader to whom he sold cotton outside the mandi.

Decoded: Why farmers are up in arms against Modi govt's farm Bills

Why did the govt push these Ordinances and why is it facing opposition to them, both from within the government and outside it

Farm bills: Govt ups rabi MSP to placate farmers, nationwide stir called

Eight Opposition MPs suspended from RS for unruly behaviour during passage of the Bills

Reformist farm laws that dent status quo have strong basis in data

Numbers show why Punjab and Haryana farmers are leading the protests, and why the rest of India is largely silent; experts and farm leaders say success of the laws rests heavily on implementation

Mic broken, book thrown at Chair: Farm Bills clear Rajya Sabha test

Rajnath Singh, Cabinet colleagues hold press meet, say such conduct not expected in a healthy democracy

Twice in 24 hours, PM Narendra Modi assures farmers MSP will be protected

This, even as states rushed to guard their turf and nullify the impact of the Bills

Farming, fin inclusion weakest spots in aspirational districts plan: study

Most districts are 40-90% off target; Initiatives on water resources and skill development also need much attention

Farm Bills: Tomar assures MSP mechanism will continue for farmers

Tomar said that many steps, proposed in the Bill, had been recommended by the numerous expert committees, including those which were constituted by the previous Congress government