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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

3,483 violence-hit farmers to get compensation in 1st phase: Manipur CM

"The Centre has also allotted Rs 38.60 crore for the affected farmers out of which Rs 18.37 crore has been released for the first phase" Singh said

Coromandel Int'l delivers 200 drones to women SHGs to modernise farming

Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually hand over 1,000 drones, including 200 drones supplied by Coromandel International, to the members of various SHGs

Govt plans to procure 5 lakh tonnes of onions this year for buffer stock

The government's plan to create buffer stock comes amid an estimated fall in onion output in 2023-24

Govt to procure selected crops at MSP if farmers opt for diversification

The government is planning to undertake guaranteed procurement of pulses- tur, urad and masoor and maize at MSP from farmers if they opt for diversification from paddy crop, sources said

Rajasthan govt assesses crop loss in districts affected by rain, hailstorms

Trader K G Jhalani said harvesting of wheat, barley, and gram would begin in 10-15 days, so there is no major loss to these crops yet

Drop in onion and potato output; tomato slightly up, shows govt data

Onion production stood at 31.68 million tonnes in 2021-22, according to government data

Centre willing to procure jute, cotton crop if prices fall below MSP: Goyal

"Be vocal for local and take local to global. That's the clarion call from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to showcase our products on the world stage", Goyal said

Govt permits 4,750 tonnes of onion exports to Bhutan, Bahrain, Mauritius

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) in a notification said that while export of 550 tonnes of onion is permitted to Bhutan; 3,000 tonnes to Bahrain, and 1,200 tonnes to Mauritius

Parboiled rice exports slow on confusion over duty calculations: Dealers

The 20% duty slowed India's parboiled rice exports, but still traders ship around 500,000 metric tons per month as prices jumped in competing countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, Pakistan, and Myanmar

UP waives electricity bills of farmers with private tube wells from April 1

The decision taken at the state cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will benefit around 1.5 crore farmers, an official release said

India's perpetual sugar glut needs ethanol and export support

Households have reduced spending on the food item for two decades now, but its production keeps increasing

Farmers can sell sand that got deposited in fields during floods: Punjab CM

The chief minister said the state government will allow farmers to sell up to four feet of sand that got deposited in their fields during the floods last year

Untimely rainfall, hailstorms batter wheat, chickpeas, other winter crops

Adverse weather could limit growth in wheat production and complicate the government's efforts to build stocks

Goyal launches platform to enable loans against produce to farmers

The minister emphasised the need to modernise Indian agriculture through the use of technology to enhance farmers' income. This will also help in making the farm sector an "attractive proposition"

2.4 million paddy farmers in Chhattisgarh to get Rs 13,000 crore: CM

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has promised to pay Rs 3,100 for a quintal of paddy procured during the kharif marketing season 2023-24

Sugar output declines by 1.19% to 25.53 MT so far this marketing year: ISMA

Sugar production stood at 25.84 MT till February in the year-ago period. Sugar marketing year runs from October to September

Will legalising MSP reduce import Bill of edible oils and pulses?

Contrary to popular perception, India has a trade surplus in agriculture and allied activities, which stood at $18.65 billion during 2022-23 against $15.92 billion in the previous year