-IndiaSpend The drop comes despite a good monsoon in 2016 A good monsoon that led to record sowing and production of pulses–especially tur dal (pigeon pea)–has almost halved their wholesale and retail prices in 2017, a year after dal prices skyrocketed to Rs 200 per kg in some cities at the end of 2015. In many state-regulated agricultural markets of major tur-producing states such as Maharashtra and Karnataka, prices have fallen to Rs...
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India got only 7 of 50 global cancer drugs in 5 years -Rupali Mukherjee
-The Times of India Cancer drugs, being the top focus for research and development, corner the lion's share of medicines launched globally, yet only a handful make it to developing countries like India. Only seven oncology drugs were introduced in India over five years (2010-2014), when nearly 50 breakthrough therapies were rolled out globally. The disparity in availability of oncology therapies becomes even more stark over a 10-year period (2006-2016), with not even...
More »Chilli farmers in Telangana, AP see red -KV Kurmanath
-The Hindu Business Line With bumper crop halving prices, traders are refusing to lift stocks Hyderabad: Chilli farmers in Telangana are in a belligerent mood as prices plummeted by more than half. With the State witnessing a bumper crop, the markets are flooded with the produce. As traders are refusing to lift the produce at a remunerative price, huge stocks are piling up at the market yards at Khammam, Warangal and in...
More »Yogi waives farm loans up to Rs. 1 lakh -Omar Rashid
-The Hindu The UP govt will also settle around Rs. 6,000 crore of NPAs of 7 lakh small and marginalised farmers. Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, at its first Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, announced its decision to waive farmers’ loans worth Rs. 30,729 crore, writing off all farm loans up to Rs. 1 lakh. The government will also settle around Rs. 6,000 crore of NPAs of seven lakh...
More »2015 drought effect: Sugar yield sees worst fall in 10 years, prices set to rise -Bhavika Jain
-The Times of india MUMBAI: Even as the agriculture sector shows signs of recovery from the severe 2015 drought, the sugar industry is yet to get over it. The crushing season for 2016-17 has officially come to an end and it has recorded the lowest sugarcane crushing and production of sugar in the last 10 years. A total of 371.4 lakh metric tonnes of sugarcane was crushed in 147 mills across the...
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