-The Telegraph New Delhi/Patna: Chief minister Nitish Kumar today landed in the national capital with a demand of a relief package of Rs 12,000 crore from the Centre. A day after declaring 33 of Bihar's 38 districts as drought-hit, Nitish, who met finance minister P. Chidambaram and agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, said the state's agrarian economy was totally paralysed because of the acute rainfall deficiency during the kharif season. Nitish requested Chidambaram to...
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Not traders, farmers turn onions into storehouse of value -Jayashree Bhosale
-The Economic Times PUNE: Anand Ostwal, 30-year-old farmer from Satana in Nashik district, who had given last chance to farming after having failed for a decade, is holding on to 500 quintal onions in the hope of buying a car. "If I get a price of Rs 50/kg for the 500 quintal onions, I will get bonus amount of Rs 5 lakh to buy a car. Otherwise, I will have to drop...
More »India ahead of China in wasting food -Chetan Chauhan
-The Hindustan Times When it comes to wasting food items, India is ahead of China, says a UN report on food waste and its impact on natural resources. The grim news comes at a time when prices of most vegetables and fruits are high. The waste also takes a high toll on the country's natural resources because many of these items, rice for example, consume large quantities of water. It is estimated more...
More »Rs 44,000 crore worth of food go waste every year: Sharad Pawar
-PTI NEW DELHI: Due to lack of adequate storage infrastructure, fruits, grains and vegetables worth Rs 44,000 crore go waste every year, Food Processing Industries Minister Sharad Pawar informed Rajya Sabha on Friday. Pawar said during Question Hour that the value of annual wastage of fruits and vegetables was estimated at Rs 13,309 crore. However, if the wastage value of rice, wheat, cereals and others are taken into account, it would go...
More »Onion prices show signs of cooling -Dipak Kumar Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: There were signs of onion prices falling in certain cities on Monday. Similar correction in prices are expected in the next few days as arrival has increased almost two-fold at Asia's largest onion market in Lasalgaon. Similar was the trend in Pimpalgaon and Delhi. Food ministry sources said higher quantity of onion arriving at markets will increase supply across the country in the next few days...
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