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Sanjeeb Mukherjee is a journalist with over 20 years of experience covering various news beats, mainly in the agriculture, commodities, rural, and food policy space. He has worked at several places, including United News of India (UNI), Dow Jones Newswires, and Financial Express. Currently, he is working as the Agriculture Editor at Business Standard. His work has taken him to some of the most remote areas of the country, allowing him to gain invaluable insights into the dynamics of rural agriculture markets. He has honed his skills in analysing and providing commentary on India's farm sector policies, focusing on their impact on different stakeholders and their implications for climate change.
Sanjeeb Mukherjee is a journalist with over 20 years of experience covering various news beats, mainly in the agriculture, commodities, rural, and food policy space. He has worked at several places, including United News of India (UNI), Dow Jones Newswires, and Financial Express. Currently, he is working as the Agriculture Editor at Business Standard. His work has taken him to some of the most remote areas of the country, allowing him to gain invaluable insights into the dynamics of rural agriculture markets. He has honed his skills in analysing and providing commentary on India's farm sector policies, focusing on their impact on different stakeholders and their implications for climate change.
The apex sugar body has urged the govt to not experiment with a new export system
The 20% ethanol blending target has seen sugar sector majors betting on expanding the ethanol capacity; the sector could see an investment of about Rs 10,000 crore in the years ahead
Futures trading in commodities has been banned at the drop of a hat despite numerous past committees and panels finding no direct linkage between such trading and price rise
Some officials feel increase should be limited to Rs 2 per litre
India will need around 18-20 crore the indigenous lumpy vaccine doses to completely cover all the cattle population which is estimated to be around 193 million in a year
Says withdrawal within range according to new retreat dates of September 17
The Centre expects rice production in the kharif season to drop by 4-5 million tonnes from last year.
India, which commands 40% share in the global rice trade, exported 21.23 mt of rice in 2021-22, against 17.78 mt in the previous year
Officials worry that disease may affect fertility of affected animals, and of their offspring
On the impact of LSD on the country's milk production, Balyan said there will be a minimal impact on annual milk production, if any
Suspension of their futures does not bring down price volatility either, finds study conducted on behalf of NCDEX Investor Protection Fund
If the monsoon withdrawal is again delayed this year, this would mean that for the second straight year, the southwest monsoon isn't leaving the country on time
Says indigenous vaccine and movement of animals being stopped to control the spread of LSD
They say lifting of ban is in the interest not only of farmers and consumers, but also processors and downstream industry
The Centre has clamped export curbs on several paddy varieties as it feels that total production might drop by 10-12 million tonnes due to delayed sowing.
In full 2021-22, around 81,000 tonnes of broken rice was allotted from FCI's godowns for ethanol production
India exported around 1.8 MT broken rice between April-June
The technical sessions will be presided over by union cabinet ministers
The price of rice variants has risen 6-20 per cent in major markets across the country due to drop in acreage, stoking fears of a 6-10 mt fall in kharif production this year, compared to last year
Though a major producer, lack of infra has meant that country accounts for just 1% of market share, and relies predominantly on neighbours