-Hindustan Times Increasing spells of summer HeatWave in northwestern India, thought to be linked to climate change, are hurting milk productivity, or output per cattle, while raising costs of production for farmers. Increasing spells of summer HeatWave in northwestern India, thought to be linked to climate change, are hurting milk productivity, or output per cattle, while raising costs of production for farmers, a study by the flagship National Dairy Research Institute has...

-PTI/ NDTV.com The IIT Gandhinagar study highlighted that mega-HeatWaves occurred during the summer of 1995 and 1998, with 20 per cent and 8 per cent of the country being affected by sequential extremes. New Delhi: The frequency of extreme weather events such as floods and HeatWaves is projected to rise manifold in India in the future due to climate change, according to a study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology,...

-Hindustan Times Climate scientists have warned that scorching HeatWaves in India, among other extreme weather events, are “most certainly” being driven by global warming, posing a risk to the country’s food security. HeatWaves in the country, which shaved off 3 million tonne of wheat output this year compared to the year before, are being driven by changing weather patterns induced by global warming, scientists at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune,...

-Hindustan Times India has a surplus of federally held stocks of rice and wheat, and the government could intervene in the open market “if needed” by selling cereals at a discount to curb prices, food secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said on Monday. India has a surplus of federally held stocks of rice and wheat, and the government could intervene in the open market “if needed” by selling cereals at a discount to curb...

-ThePrint.in MSP for moong became ceiling price as private traders were unwilling to offer more, claim growers. Another factor was low procurement of produce at MSP by Punjab government. Jagraon/Ludhiana: Encouraged by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government’s promise to procure pulses at Minimum Support Price (MSP), the area under moong cultivation in Punjab nearly doubled this summer as farmers eyed extra income. The commitment, which coincided with an early harvest of wheat...