-Livemint.com WHOlesale prices of just-harvested kharif pulses have dropped below the government’s minimum support prices (MSP) despite a lower crop output New Delhi: WHOlesale prices of just harvested kharif pulses have dropped below the government’s minimum support prices (MSP) despite a lower crop output, forcing farmers to sell their produce at a loss in states such as Rajasthan. For instance, price data from WHOlesale markets available on the Agmarket website showed that on...

-IANS With the central and state governments, and even the National Green Tribunal (NGT), coming down heavily on stubble-burning in Punjab and Haryana, farmers in both the states say they have few options available to avoid burning the crop residue. With a bumper paddy crop expected in the two agrarian states this kharif season -- likely in excess of 22.5 million tonnes -- the crop residue that will be burnt by farmers...

-The Times of India NASHIK: Onion prices continue to soar in the country's largest WHOlesale market at Lasalgaon in Nashik, with WHOlesale traders saying that the prices could rise further during Diwali. WHOlesale onion traders of the Lasalgaon Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) said the widening gap between the demand and supply had pushed up the prices. The average WHOlesale onion prices have increased by 80% in the past 10 days at the...

-The Indian Express After the GST Council meeting, the government had announced that traders WHOse annual turnover is below Rs 1.5 crore will now have to file returns quarterly, instead of monthly. Surat (Gujarat): Textile traders in Surat said they were unhappy with the relief measures relating to GST announced by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday. After the GST Council meeting, the government had announced that traders WHOse annual turnover...

-PTI NEW DELHI: Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan features in the list of probables for this year's Nobel Prize in Economics, The Wall Street Journal has reported. He is one of the six economists on the list of probable winners compiled by Clarivate Analytics, a company that does academic and scientific research and maintains a list of dozens of possible Nobel Prize winners based on research citations. The entry to the list does...