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The Rabi warning: With possible weather woes, onus is on government
December 06, 2024 11:00 pm
It should not lose time in abolishing the 40 per cent import duty on wheat. Vegetable inflation may ease with the normal winter season arrivals, but cannot be expected in cereals, edible oils and pulses. Government must act through tariff policy
Why November-December, not March temperatures may decide this year’s rabi crop production
March 29, 2024 12:19 pm
The chances of yield loss from an “Ides of March” heatwave strike seem low this time. However, concerns have been raised about wheat production in central India later in the year. Tubers have also been hit by an unusually warm November-December, while sugar has seen increased production.
Wheat cultivation in Punjab reduced by 36,000 hectares as state focuses more on oilseeds
December 27, 2022 4:12 pm
The Punjab Agriculture Department has said that this year the state plans to increase the area of cultivation of Rabi oilseeds such as mustard/rapeseed.
By the cruellest month
October 27, 2010 3:35 am
Why are we stuck with April 1 to March 31 as the fiscal year?
Rabi production likely to dip 40%
April 21, 2010 1:22 am
Yet another season of dejection stares at the farmers here as they prepare to harvest the Rabi crop,which has been badly hit by drought.
Taxman drives Punjabis to UP wheat
April 08, 2010 3:46 pm
Punjab's wheat output is unlikely to find many private buyers during the ongoing rabi season due to the high cost...
Drought shifts hopes to winter crop
August 09, 2009 4:39 am
With rainfall deficient in two-thirds of the country and the main sowing window for kharif already over,Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told a conference...
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