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Business News > Mint Authors > Pratik Parija

Pratik Parija

ARTICLES BY PRATIK PARIJA

Monsoon's timely arrival is critical for India’s crop output and economic growth at a time when the country is battling the world’s worst outbreak of Covid-19. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Late arrival of monsoon rains in India may delay sowing of crops

1 min read . 31 May 2021

The weather department advised fishermen to suspend operations in the area and return immediately to the coast (Photo: AFP)

Cyclone Yaas: 2nd big storm in 10 days forces India to evacuate over 11 lakh

3 min read . 25 May 2021

The new laws seek to remove restrictions on marketing farm products and allow cultivators to engage with private companies to sell their crops which farmers (Photo: ANI)

Govt begins talks with farmers’ groups as protests simmer

1 min read . 01 Dec 2020

India is likely to have a record closing stockpile of 10.25 million bales by Sept. 30, sais Cotton Association of India (Photo: Bloomberg)

India plans to sell cotton to Bangladesh to trim record reserves

2 min read . 18 Aug 2020

Stockpiles in China have been declining after Beijing levied retaliatory tariffs on cotton from America (Bloomberg)

India’s top cotton trader to stop China shipments as coronavirus keeps spreading

1 min read . 29 Jan 2020

The government sought to control onion prices by banning exports. (AP)

The great onion crisis of 2019 may be coming to an end

1 min read . 20 Dec 2019

Ethanol availability from sugar mills and grain-based producers for oil refiners will probably remain flat at 1.9 billion liters in the 12 months starting December 1. (Reuters)

Liquor may be hurdle to India’s energy independence

1 min read . 02 Dec 2019

Crop burning contributed 44% on October 31 to Delhi’s PM2.5 level, a measure of dangerous particles in the air. (PTI)

Delhi air quality is fuelled by rice fields that India doesn’t need

4 min read . 12 Nov 2019

India produced a record 33.2 million tons in 2018-19

India sugar output may slide to 3-year low after flooding

1 min read . 05 Nov 2019

For investment and easy business, come to India, PM Modi said (Photo: AP)

India to further ease tax rules to boost investment, Narendra Modi says

1 min read . 03 Nov 2019

Sugar output may drop to a three-year low next season

Sugar production in India seen sinking to 3-year low on dry weather

1 min read . 13 Jun 2019

Farmers of grains, pulses, cotton and sugarcane typically wait for the monsoon to start before they begin planting. (PTI)

Sowing takes a hit as Monsoon arrives a week late in Kerala

1 min read . 10 Jun 2019

Odisha, home to aluminum plants, power utilities, coal mines and an oil refinery, faces cyclonic storms almost every year. (Bloomberg)

Cyclone-hit Odisha seeks $14 billion for reconstruction

1 min read . 07 May 2019

Villagers at the beach as dark clouds hover above the sea ahead of cyclone Fani in Puri (PTI)

Cyclone Fani: Almost 1 million being evacuated as storm nears Odisha

3 min read . 03 May 2019

India’s total sugar production, which reached a record 32.5 million tonnes in 2017-18, may drop to 31.5 million tonnes in the year to 1 October 2019. (Bloomberg)

Bleak outlook in India's No.2 sugar grower may cheer world market

2 min read . 09 Apr 2019

Sugar production is set to exceed the country’s annual demand by 6.5 million tons, compared with the March estimate of 4.5 million tons. Photo: Bloomberg

India’s sugar production set to reach record on higher yields

2 min read . 25 Apr 2018

Global sugar prices have tumbled about 33% in the past year on a global surplus as production increases in Europe and India. Photo: Bloomberg

India may export more sugar than forecast on higher yields

1 min read . 23 Feb 2018

Wheat imports may total 3.5 million metric tons in the year from 1 April. Photo: Mint

Wheat imports seen surging 40% on winter crop stress

1 min read . 08 Feb 2018

Maharashtra has been the worst affected with pest attacks, with pink bollworms in some areas seen reducing output by about 15%. Photo: Bloomberg

India’s cotton production seen at 3 year peak on higher crop area

1 min read . 12 Dec 2017

The debt restructuring was done under the RBI’s Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets which allows banks to cut the debt burden of borrowers by as much as 50%, provided lenders are convinced that the remaining loan can be serviced from company cash flows. Photo: Aniruddha Chowhdury/Mint

Panel approves banks led by SBI to recast Rs8,285 crore Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar debt

1 min read . 02 Dec 2017