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16 hours ago | Sanjeeb Mukherjee
March retail inflation number may reflect drop in wheat prices
Data shows that in Feb 2023 while WPI-wheat inflation dropped to 18.54%, CPI-wheat inflation for the same month rose from 25.05% in January 2023 to 25.37% in Feb
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18 hours ago | Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Madhya Pradesh reopens wheat procurement window to help rain-hit farmers
The initial deadline for registration was February 28, which was extended till March 5
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21-Mar-2023 | Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Our sourcing from India has grown from 11% to over 23%: Bayer's Santos
In a Q&A, the president of the firm's crop science division says digital farming will be a key driver of the company's growth in India in the years ahead
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20-Mar-2023 | Sanjeeb Mukherjee & Agencies
Untimely rains continue in several parts of India, farmers count losses
Rains and hailstorm may recede from tomorrow, but might reappear from Mar 24 particularly in North
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19-Mar-2023 | Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Untimely rain hits standing rabi crops in north, central and south India
The actual impact of the rains on crops such as wheat, mustard, etc will be known after the assessments
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19-Mar-2023 | Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Centre, civil society continue to spar over manual attendance for MGNREGS
Civil society says getting manual attendance approved by district officers is tedious
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17-Mar-2023 | Sanjeeb Mukherjee
How wheat prices moved after FCI began liquidating stocks via open tenders
Millers see CPI inflation for atta reducing more sharply going ahead, as prices have already started softening at the mill gate
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16-Mar-2023 | Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Lift mustard futures ban, raise import duty: Trade body to Centre
The associations said the measures were extremely necessary to stop the free fall in mustard seed prices
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16-Mar-2023 | Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Millers see bumper wheat crop in FY24, but prices to stay around MSP
In 2022-23, the Centre first estimated wheat production at 111.32 million tonnes, which was scaled down to 107.74 million tonnes owing to bad weather
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15-Mar-2023 | Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Light to moderate rains over most parts of India in next 5-6 days: IMD
Warns farmers to harvest matured wheat, chickpea and veggies at the earliest
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14-Mar-2023 | Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Searing summer on the cards, all eyes on reservoirs, grain storage
Reservoir levels lower than last year but higher than 10-yr average; ample elbow room in grain storage for now
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14-Mar-2023 | Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Against popular belief, percentage of migrants have remained fairly stable
In India, broadly 29% of the population comprises migrants and surprisingly this number has remained fairly consistent since 2007-08 barring minor blips
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10-Mar-2023 | Sanjeeb Mukherjee
NITI Aayog proposes to make 'gaushalas' self-sustaining entities
The report says 73% of gaushalas sought support from individuals, and 50% didn't have a sustainable revenue model
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10-Mar-2023 | Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Max temperatures may rise 2-3 degrees Celsius in North India in 3 days: IMD
May not have an impact on standing wheat crop as was being feared
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09-Mar-2023 | Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Water levels in reservoirs likely to add more heat, shows data
Levels below last year but higher than 10-year avg
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07-Mar-2023 | Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Untimely rains ahead of harvest worry farmers in central, western India
Reports suggest standing crops in some parts of Maharashtra, MP and Gujarat may have been impacted, though the exact extent of damage can be gauged only after a proper survey
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07-Mar-2023 | Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Why falling prices of onions and potatoes are distressing farmers
Prices of these three commodities have seen perhaps the wildest fluctuations in agriculture commodities among all crops for multiple reasons
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06-Mar-2023 | Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Beat the heat with grain storage, fire audits, says PM Narendra Modi
PM chairs review meeting ahead of summer months, tells IMD to prepare daily weather forecasts that are easy to interpret and disseminate
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05-Mar-2023 | Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Growth booster nano-DAP's production may kick off in Paradeep soon
The detailed production plan and other targets are being finalised
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04-Mar-2023 | Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Nano-DAP included in Fertilizer Control Order paving way for early release
DAP is the second most consumed fertilizer in the country after urea and out of the estimated annual consumption of around 10-12.5 mn tonnes; local production is around 4-5 mn tonnes, rest is imported
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13-Aug-2021 | Kanishka Gupta and Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Hotter future ahead: India, economy on the front lines of climate crisis?
The recent IPCC report on climate change briefed us of a hotter future we are inching towards. Its Sixth Assessment Report, released this week, makes for grim reading for India in particular. Watch the video to understand its impact on Indian ...
