Posts By The Indian Express
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191EnglishFrom paucity to excess, why sugar mills in India now face a financial crisis due to better yields
Corners seem to have turned for the sugar sector in India with better-than-expected yields of sugarcane, but the changing ecosystem is posing...
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154EnglishSugar trade body’s first estimate pegs output 4% lower for 2023-24 season
Sugar trade body AISTA on Monday projected the country’s sugar production to be around 31.6 million tonnes for the 2023-24 season (October-September),...
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194EnglishHow food inflation in India has been de-globalised, what factors can drive prices now
World food prices have crashed from the peaks scaled in 2022, especially post Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The UN Food and Agriculture...
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232EnglishIndia’s wheat output may touch new record of 114 million tonnes in 2023-24
Wheat production is expected to touch a new record of 114 million tonnes in the ongoing 2023-24 crop year on higher coverage...
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198EnglishIndia’s sugar sector upbeat as Maharashtra, Karnataka report increase in cane yield, sugar production
India’s sugar production for the crushing year 2023-24 is expected to witness a positive trend following a boost in yield from two...
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196English‘New freedom when petrol, diesel imports stop’: Gadkari pushes for alternative fuel
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Sunday said India would achieve a “new freedom” when it no longer...
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251EnglishExpress View on restriction of ethanol production: Food vs fuel
Indian agribusinesses have been subjected to a series of policy shocks since mid-2022, from export curbs on rice, wheat, sugar and onions...
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176English2,380 high-yielding crop varieties introduced in 9 years due to climate change
NEW DELHI: The government has released around 2,380 high-yielding and climate-resilient crop varieties in the past nine years to help small and...
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211EnglishMill closure in Punjab CM Mann’s constituency: How area under sugarcane reduced from 20,000 acres to 1,850 acres
The Bhagwanpura sugar mill in Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s constituency Dhuri began operation in the early 1950s and has been under...
