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New Delhi: The government on Friday said availability of onion in the domestic market is comfortable and retail prices are stabilizing.In a statement, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution said onion sowing is estimated to increase by 27 per cent in the kharif (summer...

New Delhi [India], the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has announced that the area under kharif onion sowing is expected to be 27 percent higher than last year.According to a press release from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, this...

New Delhi [India], Food Corporation of India (FCI) has procured 266 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of wheat during the current Rabi Marketing Season (RMS) 2024-25. Last year, FCI procured 262 metric tonnes of wheat during the same season.The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution...

New Delhi [India], According to the third advance estimates of production released by the Agriculture Ministry on Tuesday, the total food grain production in India is estimated at 3,288.52 lakh tonnes in 2023-24, slightly lower than the food grain production in 2022-23.While lower...

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India's annual report released on Thursday said the minimum support price (MSP) for both Kharif and Rabi seasons 2023-24 has ensured a minimum return of 50 per cent on the cost of production for all crops.The report said the total public stock of food grains as on...

New Delhi [India], India Meteorological Department said the southwest monsoon has advanced into parts of northeast India from Thursday and reached the Kerala coast. This year the monsoon has started two days before the normal date of June 1. This year, Kerala received massive pre-monsoon rains...

New Delhi [India], In its latest update, the India Meteorological Department said that conditions are likely to be favorable for the onset of southwest monsoon over Kerala during the next five days. As predicted by the weather bureau, the south-west monsoon is likely to advance. Kerala is...

A total of 22.31 lakh farmers have benefited during the Rabi Marketing Season 2024-25, with a total MSP outflow of Rs. 59,715 crores. The main contribution to procurement came from five states.Punjab was the leading state with procurement of 124.26 lakh metric tonnes (LMT), followed by...

New Delhi [India], Wheat procurement during Rabi Marketing Season 2024-25 is going on smoothly in major purchasing states across the country, 262.48 lakh tonnes of wheat has been procured so far this year, which is the same as last year. Total procurement is more than 262.02 lakh tonnes. A total...

New Delhi [India], Wheat procurement by government agencies in the current Rabi season has crossed 26 million tonnes (MT) and is likely to surpass last year's figure of 26.2 MT this week. Food Corporation of India and state procurement agencies are likely to procure more than 27 MT this Rabi...

New Delhi [India], According to an analysis conducted by India Ratings Research (Ind-Ra), the dependence of Kharif crop production on monsoon rainfall is gradually decreasing, however, the dependence of Rabi crop production remains intact. has claimed. th Analysis Traditionally, Indian...

New Delhi [India], India lifted the ban on export of onion from Friday. The decision comes with the forecast of strong Kharif crop production, favorable monsoon in 2024 as well as stable market conditions at both the mandi and retail levels. "All restrictions on onion exports have been lifted...

New Delhi [India], The Central Government has appointed T Rabi Shankar as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India for one year with effect from May 03, 2024. Shankar was appointed deputy governor in May 2021 following the retirement of BP Kanungo. Before his role as DG, Shankar was one...

The badly affected crops of jowar, wheat, mango, oranges, bananas and rabi are spread over 50,000 hectares of land in Nagpur, Amravati, Akola, Yavatmal Washim; Parbhani, Beed, Nanded, Latur, Dharashiv and Hingol from Vidarbha region and Marathwada region.The weather bureau has predicted...

Karimganj (Assam), [India], In a bizarre incident, a man has been arrested for raping the body of a minor girl in the mortuary of a government hospital in Assam's Karimganj district, police said. According to, the accused has been arrested. Identified as Manju Rabi Das, who worked as a sweeper...