Unseasonal Rainfall News

Opinion

Unseasonal rainfall and winter crop

With crop damage due to unseasonal rains in the last few days across the country yet to be assessed, the reality of India's dependence on weather is starkly underlined yet again

1 min read15 Mar 2016
Industry

Budget 2016 | Reviving the farm sector

The govt has its task cut out with rural distress affecting the country's agriculture sector

1 min read23 Feb 2016
Industry

For drought-hit farmers, higher compensation still a pittance

The govt did increase compensation for crop damage to 50% and even relaxed norms for claims but farmers will get less than a fifth of what they have lost to drought

3 min read2 Nov 2015
Industry

Capacity limits to slow Honda’s two-wheeler journey to be No.1

Honda Motorcycles will be on course to sell as many as 6.4 million units in the first nine months of 2016-17

4 min read7 May 2015
Opinion

Confronting kharif 2015

The prospect of weak monsoon is never good news, but this time it comes on top of a rabi harvest destroyed by unseasonal rainfall, and a spate of farmer suicides

7 min read1 May 2015
Industry

Large cement manufacturers hit by unseasonal showers

Unseasonal rains destroyed crops in many parts, leading to a drop in demand from rural areas

2 min read1 May 2015
Industry

All eyes on Met forecast for monsoon

After recent unseasonal showers and last year's deficient monsoon, there's a lot riding on this year's rains

4 min read22 Apr 2015

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