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Sugar mills paid Rs 78,000 cr to farmers in first half of 2023-24 season

Mills have produced more than 300 lakh tonne of sugar so far this season

Fifth time in a row: India invokes the peace clause for rice in WTO

Prescribed subsidy limit breached for marketing yr 2022-23

Flour millers' survey predicts better wheat production over last year

Flour millers' estimate of 105.79 mt differs from the govt's 2024-25 projection of wheat production at 112 mt

Mustard seed output may touch all-time high of 12 mn tonnes this year: SEA

In India, rapeseed and mustard accounts for nearly one-third of edible oil produced through primary sources, making it the country's key edible oilseed crop

Average mustard yields can jump by 35% with right practices: SEA study

The yield increases were realised using innovative farming practices and advanced technology

ISMA urges govt to permit sugar export of 1 million tonne this season

Sugar production has reached 302.20 lakh tonne till March of the current season against 300.77 lakh tonne in the year-ago period, it said in a statement

Govt asks traders to avoid buying new-season wheat to shore up state stocks

India, the world's biggest wheat consumer and grower after China, banned exports in 2022 and is keen to bolster stocks and tame prices that surged after dry weather hurt output in 2022 and 2023

Govt eyes savings in major subsidies; spending on food at 84% of RE

The data also shows that the government's external financing of the deficit has reached 148 per cent of the Revised Estimate till February 2024

'MGNREGS wage hike based on Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labour'

Relevant data on CPI-AL was taken from the Labour Bureau, Shimla and the revisions were done on the basis of changes in CPI-AL and as per section 6(1) Mahatma Gandhi NREGA Act 2005

Centre mandates weekly reporting on wheat stocks to prevent hoarding

India had imposed a limit on how much wheat stock traders could hold to moderate prices. However, the limit is set to expire on March 31st and after that, traders must declare their wheat stocks

Harvesting progress for '47: Invest in R&D, address farm political economy

NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand, eminent agriculture economist Ashok Gulati and Chairman of Bharat Krishak Samaj Ajay Vir Jakhar were part of the panel

Govt to begin procurement of 500,000 tonnes of rabi onion in 2-3 days

Last week, the commerce ministry extended the ban on onion export till further orders. The ban on onion shipment was valid till March 31

BS Manthan: Finding common ground in ideologically divided farm sector

India's farm sector needs a thorough relook as the country marches towards the cherished goal of a developed nation by 2047, which the panel discussions promise to deliver

Farmers to hold homage meets to spread agitation as protest enters deadlock

No tractors have been allowed in the 'mahapanchayat' while not more than 5000 people have been allowed to gather

ISMA revises upwards estimates of gross sugar output to 34 mn tonnes

In January, Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) had projected the gross sugar production, without any diversion for ethanol, at 330.5 lakh tonnes in 2023-24 marketing year (October-September)

Wheat stocks decline to 7-year low on poor procurement, shows data

The last time wheat stocks were below the current levels on March 1 was back in 2017. It had then dropped to 9.42 million tonnes

Lack of non-agri data hinders computation of farmers' income: Niti member

An inter-ministerial committee on "Doubling of Farmers' Income" was set up in April 2016 to recommend strategies to achieve this goal

India achieves 11.6% ethanol blend with petrol in first 4 months of 2023-24

ISMA has appointed Deepak Ballani as its new Director General

Wheat inventories hit 7-year low at 9.7 MT after record state sale

Wheat reserves in state stores totalled 9.7 million tons at the start of this month, down from 11.7 million tons in March 2022, the state-run Food Corporation of India said

Madhya Pradesh set to offer Rs 125 per quintal bonus over MSP on wheat

With the bonus, the official purchase price for wheat in MP will be Rs 2,400 per quintal