-The Hindu Business Line World over rice production is likely to fall due to a combination of drought and floods Three developments over the past couple of months have put the global rice market in focus. First, the India curbed rice exports by banning shipments of fully broken rice and imposing a 20 per cent duty on white rice exports. Second, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar told the...
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Rabi season prospects
-Financial Express Higher sowing augurs well for bountiful wheat and oilseed production The resilience of India’s agricultural sector has been a positive factor in the India growth story. During the ongoing rabi season, the average area sown for wheat is up by 25%, to 25.5 million hectares as of December 9, from a year earlier. Area under oilseeds, too, is at record levels. All of this augurs well for bumper rabi crops...
More »Rabi area rise boosts bumper crop hopes, but warm winter a concern -Zia Haq
-Hindustan Times The total cultivated area under wheat, the main winter staple currently in short supply, jumped 25% as on November 10, compared to the corresponding period of last year, latest official data showed, boosting hopes of a bumper 2022-23 crop. Acreages of most rabi or winter-sown crops stand higher than last year, the farm ministry’s data showed. However, a warmer-than-average winter so far remains a concern for farmers because wheat needs...
More »19 State legislatures have less than 10% women members: Centre
-PTI/ The Hindu Share of women members in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha stands at 14.94% and 14.05%, respectively; average number of women MLAs in Assemblies across the nation accounts for only 8% Women representation in Parliament and most State Legislatures across the country is below 15% with 19 of State Assemblies having less than 10% women lawmakers, according to a government data. The State Legislatures which have more than 10%...
More »As UP farmers sow more, area under wheat surges by 25% -Prabhudatta Mishra
-The Hindu Business Line Acreage under oilseeds, paddy and other rabi crops gains Wheat acreage in Uttar Pradesh, the country’s largest producer of winter-grown cereal, has jumped 36 per cent to 75.91 lakh hectares (lh) as of Friday from 55.82 lh a year ago. This has, in turn, resulted in the country’s overall sowing of all crops registering a 15 per cent growth in the ongoing rabi season so far. As of December...
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