-TheNewsMinute.com The Union government’s wheat procurement is set to decline by more than half to 19.5 million tonnes in the current rabi marketing year amid higher exports and likely fall in output. The average price of wheat flour in retail markets stood at Rs 32.91 per kilogram on Monday, a nearly 13% increase compared to the year-ago period, according to official data. The all-India average retail price of wheat flour or atta...
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India’s target to have 20% ethanol blended in petrol by 2025 could affect its food security -Tanvi Deshpande
-IndiaSpend.com/ Scroll.in Achieving the target won’t drastically reduce emissions nor will India achieve energy security because of it. For India to meet its target of 20% ethanol blended in petrol by the year 2025 (commonly known as the E20 target), it will have to bring in more land under cultivation of feedstock – agricultural products that can be converted into ethanol – land that can be better utilised for the generation of...
More »Britannia warns of further price hikes -Suneera Tandon
-Livemint.com The company estimates that it will have to increase prices by another 10% this year if spot prices of key commodities persist in the current fiscal NEW DELHI: Biscuit maker Britannia Industries Ltd, said it will have to take “tough calls" and initiate price corrections as inflationary headwinds continue to persist. In the last fiscal, the maker of Good Day biscuits and packaged cheese hiked prices by 10%. Major factors for the inflation...
More »Strong demand may bring down closing stock of major farm goods by FY23-end -Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-Business Standard Experts feel this could keep prices of major farm commodities and products dependent on them, such as poultry and meat, at an elevated level for quite some time By the end of this financial year or perhaps even earlier, depending upon the crop cycle, India might be staring at a multi-year low closing inventory levels of several key farm commodities. Stocks of Sugar, wheat, cotton and oilseeds both, with traders and...
More »Hysterectomy In Lieu of Leave for Woman Farm Labour in Beed -Jai Narayan Tiwari
-TheCitizen.in There are no sweet moment for Sugarcare farm labourers “My body aches, my hands and legs hurt a lot, but I still have many trucks to load. If I delay it the workload will increase. I can eat only after the task is done,” said Sarika Laxman Chole, a 25-year-old labourer working on a Sugarcane field at this village in Beed. She works from 8 am to midnight, to earn Rs 300-350...
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