-The Hindu Business Line Question over pulses acreage linger; MSP, rainfall could decide growers crop choice “I will cultivate soyabean this year. Prices for it are ruling at over ₹7,000 a quintal and I will go for it,” says Sunil Mukhati, a farmer near Indore in Madhya Pradesh. “But it is not the case with all my co-farmers. Some of them plan to grow corn and some pulses (moong or green gram),” he...
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Rising prices are singeing Covid-battered India, Madame Finance Minister
-The New Indian Express An analysis by The New Indian Express shows that it is not just petrol and diesel prices that are scalding you. Prices of edible Oil, tea, and pulses have seen a double-digit growth in the last year. When the April 2021 retail inflation came down to a modest 4.29%, an attempt might have been made to communicate a false sense of relief. The real picture, though, is very...
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-The Hindu Right to Food activists say this is insufficient to provide nutrition security The Centre has decided to give about Rs. 100 each to children studying in Class 1 to Class 8 in government schools, who are beneficiaries of the Mid Day Meal scheme. However, Right to Food activists say this is insufficient to provide the nutrition security envisaged by this measure. The money, ₹1200 crore in total, will be given to...
More »Why edible Oil prices have surged to their highest in a decade -Devika Singh
-Moneycontrol.com Edible Oils have risen as much as 62 percent in the last year as bad weather in major producing countries and increasing use of biofuels has hit supply, but experts say the market will stabilize in a few months Prices of edible Oils such as mustard, vanaspati, soya, palm, sunflower, and groundnut are more than their highest in a decade. Prices have risen as much as 62 percent from last year, Food...
More »Why edible Oil prices are ruling high despite good crop and muted demand -Tina Edwin
-MoneyControl.com India’s production of Oilseeds is too little to provide for the domestic demand and therefore is dependent on imports. The average retail prices of edible Oils rose to their highest in May with soyabean Oil prices climbing to nearly Rs 150 for a kilo and sunflower Oil to Rs 170. The prices of both edible Oils have jumped around 50% from the levels prevailing when the country was under a national...
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