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Pulses acreage tops 13 million hectares -Sanjeeb Mukherjee

-Business Standard Pulses acreage this year is highest in last 5 years New Delhi: Sowing of pulses has seen a jump of 35 per cent to 13.6 million hectares so far, in the ongoing kharif season on good rains and higher market price. The pulses acreage this year is not only the highest in the last five years, but also among the best in recent times.  If weather remains good, pulses production this...

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INDIA FOCUS: Rising Prices of Dal/ Pulses: How to deal with it? ... What's Being Done? ... A COMPREHENSIVE FACT CHECK...

Rising prices of dal: How to deal with it? The 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly declared 2016 as the International Year of Pulses. In India, however, ordinary citizens are under enormous duress due to the skyrocketing prices of dal/ lentils since the last one year. The website of Price Monitoring Cell of the Department of Consumer Affairs shows that dal prices varied across places. For example, the...

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Sowing of kharif crops up at 885 lakh hectares

-The Hindu Business Line New Delhi: Sowing of kharif crops in the first week of August remained on track as rains continued to be plentiful and acreage under most major crops such as rice, pulses, Coarse cereals and oilseeds posted a rise compared to the previous year. Total acreage under kharif crops till August 5 this year at 885.29 lakh hectares (lh) compared to 841.65 lh sowed in the same period last...

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Farmers cultivating pulses in big way

-Deccan Herald Buoyed by the incentives announced by the government, farmers appear to have taken up cultivation of pulses in a big way this year. New Delhi: According to the data released by the Agriculture Ministry, pulses acreage has increased 39% as compared to the same period last year. Sowing of Coarse cereals and oil seeds has also increased but acreage of sugar cane and cotton has declined. The area under pulses cultivation was...

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Rains take a break but sowing in full swing -Sanjeeb Mukherjee

-Business Standard The showers are expected to return over central and northern parts of India in the next few days, boosting kharif sowing which has already touched 70 million hectares New Delhi: India’s southwest monsoon showed some signs of abating and the rains during the week ended July 20 was seven per cent less than normal, but there was no break in sowing as farmers rushed to take advantage of the available...

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