Farmers in India are using both intra-crop and inter-crop adaptations to tide over the grave impact of climate change on agriculture in India
1 min read28 Nov 2018Wheat sowing is lagging behind last year's numbers despite a hike in support prices and doubling of import duties to encourage domestic growers
1 min read9 Dec 2017The area under winter-sown crops, including wheat, pulses and mustard, is likely to be lower than last year as water level is lower by 13% in India’s 91 main reservoirs
2 min read4 Oct 2017At 29.2 million hectares, the area sown with wheat is 2% more than what is usually sown by this time of the year and 7.7% more than last year
2 min read31 Dec 2016Bhartiya Kisan Union demanded that the centre reinstate the wheat import duty and raise it to 40%, on fears that cheaper imports may hurt domestic growers
2 min read21 Dec 2016Planting of wheat is still lagging by 2.2% when compared to the area by this time of the year, sowing of pulses is 6% more and that of coarse grains nearly 5% less than normal
1 min read9 Dec 2016While wheat sowing was 8% less than normal, plantation area under pulses is 8.6% more than the normal area sown by this time of the year
1 min read3 Dec 2016While planting of the main winter crop of wheat is 14.7% lower than normal, sowing of rice is 26% lower and the area under coarse grains is down by 19.4%
1 min read26 Nov 2016Also, two spells of heavy rainfall and hailstorm between 11 March and 18 March led to damage of winter crop across central, north and western India
1 min read22 Mar 2016The untimely rain and hail could reduce the yield of the crops as they ripen and force country to raise imports of edible oils, pulses and wheat
1 min read7 Mar 2016The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared