Posts By The Indian Express
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148EnglishIndia may allow import of Russian wheat to shore up domestic prices
The current rabi sowing season is lagging compared to the previous year, and the weather outlook, influenced by the El Nino phenomenon,...
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188EnglishPunjab sugarcane costliest in the country but Maharashtra cane has more sugar
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Friday hiked the sugarcane price by Rs 11 per quintal, saying the new rate of Rs 391...
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135EnglishMaharashtra: With cane farmers’ protest, is Raju Shetti looking to regain lost political ground?
Traffic on the Pune-Bengaluru highway near Kolhapur came to a grinding halt last week as farmers led by Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana and...
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151EnglishMills agree to pay more than FRP for cane purchased during last season
Founder of Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana and former MP Raju Shetti scored a partial victory over sugar mills in Kolhapur after the latter...
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139EnglishProtest over sugarcane price: After NH, farmers block tracks; Mann sends emissary with Rs 8 per quintal hike offer
As the highway blockade in Punjab’s Jalandhar by the farmers who are demanding an increase in sugarcane prices entered its third day on Thursday...
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168EnglishIdeal wheat sowing period over, Punjab covers half of target area
Racing against time, farmers in Punjab have completed wheat sowing in 55 per cent of the targeted 35 lakh hectares for the...
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167English‘Ikshudand te Ethanol’: Documenting the growth of sugar industry in Maharashtra
For the past three years Mangesh Titkare, joint director (administration) with the Sugar Commissioner’s office in Pune, had been sweating it hard...
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164EnglishSporadic violence as farmers stop transportation of cane
Sporadic incidents of violence were reported from the sugar bowl districts of Sangli and Kolhapur as members of the Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghtana...
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194EnglishMaharashtra farmer leader Raju Shetti begins protest over sugarcane dues
Maharashtra’s sugarcane crushing season has begun on a shaky note after Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana founder and former MP Raju Shetti decided to...
