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Govt to allow onion export from 15 March as kitchen staple's price stabilises; decision to boost farmers' income: Piyush Goyal

The government last week decided to lift nearly six-month-old ban on onion export as prices are likely to fall sharply due to bumper rabi crop.

Govt pegs wheat production at record 106.21 mn tonne in 2019-20 on increase in acreage, good monsoon rains

Wheat production has been estimated at a record level for this year as acreage under wheat crop has increased substantially due to better soil moisture following good monsoon rains.

Onion prices will stay high for some time; restrain or abstain like Sheikh Hasina, Nirmala Sitharaman

The delayed arrival of monsoon in the onion-growing regions affected the early Kharif crop.

Onion price rise: MMTC to import 11,000 tonne kitchen staple from Turkey to boost domestic supply, ease soaring prices

According to sources, MMTC has contracted 11,000 tonnes of onion imports from Turkey and the consignments are expected in January next year.

Inflation numbers well on track, but what Budget offers to revive industrial growth this year will be interesting to watch

Core inflation is the serious part that can be affected by monetary policy action and hence the direction becomes critical.

Govt creating 50,000 tonne of onion buffer to curb price rise; wholesale price jumps by over 29% to Rs 11/kg

In the national capital, retail onion prices are ruling at Rs 20-25 per kg depending on the varieties, as per the trade data.

Stubble burning rises in northern states as authorities turn blind eye during polls; but politics a poor excuse for environmental crisis

Limited by high cost of labour and greener alternatives to get rid of stubble, farmers are forced to pick up a Re 1 matchbox to prepare their field for next crop

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Kohli constantly spoke with the fast bowlers and spinners. The idea was simple: Place in-out fields and play on the virtue of patience.

Marathwada villagers demand jobs under MGNREGA as drought dries up work in farms, factories

Fearing a rise in the number of suicides, alcoholism and housebreaking incidents, farmers in Marathwada are demanding that the Maharashtra government immediately provides jobs to the youth under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)

Sugarcane emerges as likely culprit in drought-hit Marathwada; growing cultivation of cash crop depleted groundwater

Sugarcane requires 2,500mm of water and rainfall in Marathwada is between 500-700mm. The remaining 80 percent of water has been pumped out of groundwater for years now, causing a depletion of groundwater level so much that there is no water left to pump out, say experts