New Delhi, April 22 -- An early-summer water crisis stoked by dry weather has gripped large parts of India, with 22 states getting little or no rainfall since March and storage levels in 150 major res... Read More
New Delhi, April 4 -- The Centre's purchases of wheat for government-held inventories, currently at a seven-year low, is on course to reach a three-year high in 2024-25 due to an early start to procur... Read More
New Delhi, March 27 -- A bumper harvest of wheat, as is being expected this year, will be critical to replenish government-held inventories, which have plunged to a seven-year low after record open-ma... Read More
New Delhi, March 14 -- India has bettered its ranking by one spot on a global UN measure of well-being and quality of life of citizens, making progress for the first time since slipping in 2021, accor... Read More
New Delhi, March 10 -- India's import and consumption of urea, a key crop nutrient, has declined for the first time in decades on the back of higher domestic production of nano urea, a liquid form of ... Read More
New Delhi, March 6 -- Untimely rain and hailstorms across northern Indian states have ravaged several winter-sown crops, including wheat, mustard and chickpeas, delaying harvesting and possibly impact... Read More