Kharif Crop

Govt reduces onion stock holding limit for retailers, wholesalers to 5 tonnes from 25 tonnes; move aimed to curb rise in prices

The revised stock holding limit would not be applicable for imported onions

Centre asks states to act against onion hoarders, create buffer stocks, distribute imported edible bulbs at reasonable rates

The Centre has already banned onion exports and decided to import 1.2 lakh tonnes of onions, besides imposing stock holding limit on traders

Delhi air pollution: Crucifying Arvind Kejriwal alone for bad air is unfair; Centre, Haryana, Punjab are equally responsible

What is more alarming is the fact that choking of Delhi post-Diwali is an annual phenomenon while the Union environment ministry and the state governments of Punjab and Haryana, who should have ensured to take care of their bit, have again been found napping.

Onion prices shoot to Rs 70-80 per kg despite govt measures; Centre mulls imposing stock limits

There is a disruption in supply of onions in the wake of excess monsoon rains in the major growing states

Union Budget 2019: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to do a tightrope walk; giving tax relief to common man may be on the cards

The Budget is expected to boost spending at the cost of short-term slippage in fiscal deficit targets as Sitharaman lays down the Modi 2.0 government's road map for the economy

Drought in Rajasthan: From unemployment to school dropouts, Barmer sees exodus for works as crops fail

Barmer is reeling under what is claimed to be the severest drought of the decade as rains have evaded the district for the fifth consecutive year.

Onion agony: Nashik farmer donates meagre earning to PMO fund to highlight plight, but prefers to stay mum on hoarding

The reality is that old onions, from last summer’s crop is not fetching any price in the market as there is no demand for it.

Narendra Modi govt's hike in MSPs for kharif crops well below ones announced under UPA: RBI

The government had announced the hike in MSPs in July for the summer or the kharif crop, following a budget announcement affirming a 50 percent mark up to farmers over the cost of produce.

Three days into retreat of monsoon, India left with driest September in 17 years; unexpected heavy rain damaged crores worth of kharif crops

The dry spell, and now the heavy rainfall, raised concerns over the production of kharif, or summer-sown crops, especially in north and central India

Punjab's farmers say hike in MSP for paddy not enough to relieve debt, doesn't match Centre's promise

Farmers' organisations in Punjab on Wednesday claimed that the Rs 200 per quintal hike in the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy does not match the claims of the BJP government at the Centre, which had promised to increase it to 1.5 times the cost of production.