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Mayank Bhardwaj

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Wheat prices in India, the world's biggest consumer of the grain, are scaling new peaks, as farmers and traders have run out of stocks

India to offer 3 million tonnes wheat to bulk consumers to cool prices

1 min read . 25 Jan 2023

An Indian farmer poses as he harvests wheat crop in a field on the outskirts of Amritsar. (AFP)

India set to offer wheat to flour millers, biscuit makers to tame prices

2 min read . 19 Dec 2022

India has allowed exports of wheat flour processed from imported grain (Bloomberg)

India allows exports of wheat flour processed from imported grain

1 min read . 15 Oct 2022

India's domestic sugar consumption is estimated at around 27.5 million tonnes and mills are expected to divert 4.5 million tonnes of sugar for ethanol production in the 2022-23 season (Photo: Bloomberg)

India set to allow 5 mn tonnes of sugar exports in first tranche

1 min read . 14 Sep 2022

India, which has been trying to rein in inflation from multi-year highs, recently banned wheat exports, curbed sugar exports and allowed duty-free imports of soyoil and sunflower oil.

India could soon approve sugar exports in two tranches: Report

2 min read . 01 Sep 2022

India is thinking to restrict exports of 100% broken rice

India considers curbs on exports of 100% broken rice

2 min read . 26 Aug 2022

The progress of the monsoon, especially over central and northwestern India, is crucial for the planting of an array of key crops (HT_PRINT)

Monsoon rains likely to pick up steam by mid-June

1 min read . 08 Jun 2022

A worker spreads wheat crop for drying at a wholesale grain market in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh. (REUTERS)

India asked to supply more than 1.5 million tonnes wheat

1 min read . 30 May 2022

Farm workers thresh newly harvested wheat crop at a village on the outskirts of Ajmer, Rajasthan (PTI)

Egyptian delegation to visit India to discuss wheat imports

1 min read . 30 Mar 2022

Bayer revives plan to introduce new GM cotton seeds in India

2 min read . 10 Feb 2022

India usually revises its budget for fertilisers and food subsidies upwards in the last few months of a fiscal year

Govt to allocate $40 billion for food, fertiliser subsidy in Budget 22: Report

2 min read . 29 Jan 2022

India will appeal the WTO's decision but could continue with its existing policies until a final ruling

India could export 6 mn tonnes sugar despite WTO ruling: Trade officials

1 min read . 15 Dec 2021

The Air Quality Index in New Delhi on Monday touched 403, indicating ‘severe’ conditions that can cause respiratory illness on prolonged exposure

Shutting factories in Delhi, nearby Indian cities could curb pollution

1 min read . 16 Nov 2021

A metro train passes through the Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Center as it approaches Rithala metro station on a smoggy morning in Delhi, India November 12, 2021. (REUTERS)

India's pollution board says prepare for emergency steps as Delhi's smog worsens

2 min read . 13 Nov 2021

Dust from the Thar Desert, or the Great Indian Desert, in the northwestern part of the subcontinent, adds to Delhi's pollution. (PTI)

Key reasons why air quality has deteriorated sharply in Delhi

2 min read . 09 Nov 2021

People cross a railway track amid hazy weather conditions at Shivaji Bridge railway station, in New Delhi (PTI)

Party's over: Diwali leaves Delhi wheezing in dangerously unhealthy air

2 min read . 05 Nov 2021

This is the first time the complaint is coming into public view

India's price-fixing probe of global seed firms sparked by carrot farmers

3 min read . 02 Nov 2021

A rice field is seen in Kangan, some 22 Km northeast of Srinagar near the Srinagar-Ladakh National Highway. (AFP)

India unveils new rice variety to cut down on use of water, labour

1 min read . 29 Sep 2021

On Tuesday benchmark raw sugar prices in New York hit a 4-1/2-year high of 20.37 cents, supported by fund buying against a backdrop of tightening supplies

Sugar rally could help India to export 6 mn tonnes without subsidy

1 min read . 18 Aug 2021

(Photo: Bloomberg)

Modi govt likely to withdraw sugar export subsidies from new season

2 min read . 17 Aug 2021

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