Posts By Hindustan Times
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189EnglishBasmati rice favoured by exporters to be replaced by ‘improved’ variety
The new variety will require much less agrochemicals and will save farmers as much as ₹3,000 per acreon pesticides, said an official...
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159EnglishIndia to export cereals under humanitarian assistance
The country curbed grain exports after a heatwave plunged federally-held wheat reserves to a 14-year low last year. The government has cleared...
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155EnglishGovt’s wheat purchases below target, but sufficient: Data
The Centre’s purchase of wheat for state-held stocks has touched slightly over 26 million tonnes, but is likely to be below a...
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143EnglishSugar mills in Maha turn to ethanol after drop in electricity rates
MSEDCL has reduced the rates offered to sugar mills for power generated through their co-generation plants to ₹4.75 per unit. With the...
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228EnglishHimachal estimates ₹20-cr loss to crops due to rain, hailstorm
Rabi and vegetable crops were sown on 4,01,843 hectares and crops on 16,125.85 hectares were found to be destroyed; wheat is the...
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133EnglishSugar production in Maharashtra drops by 320 lakh quintals
Maharashtra’s sugar production for 2022-23 decreased by 320 lakh quintals compared to last year due to unseasonal rains, old seed, and less...
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157EnglishSugar mills in Maharashtra diverting biz towards ethanol production
The state has increased its ethanol production capacity from 26 lakh litres in 2021-22 to 244 crore litres this year. Many sugar...
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148EnglishWheat procurement provisional cost sheet: Centre silent on RDF, slashes mandi fee
The food and civil supplies department in Punjab has received a provisional cost sheet from the Centre’s ministry of food and public...
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126EnglishLudhina: Over 6.64 lakh mt wheat procured, Pungrain leads payments
The district administration has procured 6,64,274 metric tons of wheat so far, out of the 6,71,543 metric tons wheat that arrived for...
