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Cumin prices hit eye-watering 600/kg as spice inflation bites

In Gujarat's Una, the nerve centre of India's spice trade, prices of cumin shot to over 40,000 quintal (100 kg) last week.
Published on Apr 18, 2023 04:58 pm IST

Madhya Pradesh plans MSP for vegetables and fruits

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Published on Nov 28, 2020 11:29 am IST

Punjab farm bills are ‘zero’, says Haryana BJP chief

Haryana BJP president OP Dhankar on Thursday dismissed the farm bills passed by the Punjab assembly as ineffective.
Updated on Oct 23, 2020 12:58 am IST

Calls for free ration grow as migrants fight hunger

Public standing in line for Free Ration at Nahar Road,Malad during lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic.
Updated on Apr 17, 2020 03:51 am IST

Adityanath has wasted his astounding mandate

The Adityanath government has presided over unimaginable misgovernance, brought an unprecedented despondency to the state, vehemently worked towards weakening democracy, and sought to dismantle the fabled
Updated on Sept 22, 2019 07:06 pm IST

J-K Governor orders probe into ‘land-grab’ cases

Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik has ordered a probe by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) into alleged instances of cornering high-value prime land in Jammu and Srinagar
Updated on Sept 13, 2019 11:22 pm IST

Pune builder fails to give flat; consumer forum orders 2 BHK or 5 lakh compensation to victim

The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed a real estate developer to either deliver a vacant 2BHK flat admeasuring 800 sqft or refund an amount of 5 lakh with 20 per cent interest to the widow of the deceased who had booked an apartment by the developer in 2002. (Photo by Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times)
Updated on Aug 12, 2019 01:54 am IST

Crisis grips Syro-Malabar church as over 150 priests oppose Cardinal’s reinstatement

Cardinal Mar George Alancherry was removed from the post last year after a section of believers and priests alleged that he had sold a prime land owned by the church in Kochi.
Published on Jun 29, 2019 11:59 am IST

5,700kg of spurious ghee recovered in Shahdara, Khanpur

A joint raid by the Delhi food safety department and Delhi Police on Wednesday led to the seizure of at least 5,700kg of counterfeit ghee from two wholesale shop in Shahdara and Khanpur.
Updated on May 31, 2019 07:24 am IST

Food safety dept seizes over 1,000kg counterfeit ghee after raid on market

The raid was conducted on the complaint of the company whose products were being counterfeited.
Updated on May 19, 2019 07:18 am IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Told to ‘return’ compensation, 72 Manesar villages may boycott polls

The villagers have decided to hold a Mahapanchayat and threatened that they would boycott the Lok Sabha elections on May 12 if chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and sitting BJP MP from Gurugram Rao Inderjit Singh do not sort out the matter.
Updated on Apr 22, 2019 10:10 am IST

Centre may boost subsidy on refilling cooking gas under Ujjwala scheme

The Centre may consider a higher subsidy for families refilling cooking gas cylinders under its welfare scheme Ujjwala, which offers free cooking gas connections to poor households.
Updated on Apr 18, 2019 07:47 am IST

Procurement worth 30,000 crore failed to lift prices of pulses: Nafed

A farmer in Kota engaged in the cultivation of Kharif crops.
Published on Jan 06, 2019 07:46 am IST

Subsidised LPG cylinder gets cheaper by Rs 6, non-subsidised by Rs 120.50

Domestic cooking gas (LPG) price was cut by Rs 5.91 per cylinder Monday, the second straight reduction in a month’s time due to tax impact on reduced market rate of the fuel.
Updated on Dec 31, 2018 08:20 pm IST

Sensex rallies over 300 points on positive global cues, Nifty reclaims 10,800 level

BSE benchmark Sensex rallied 391 points and NSE Nifty reclaimed the 10,800 level Thursday on positive cues from Wall Street as US stocks recovered from heavy losses.
Updated on Dec 27, 2018 10:39 am IST

Market watch: Onions hit an all-time low in Pune

The prices of tomatoes increased after long time from 30 to 60 per 10 kilogramme last week to 80 to 100 per 10 kilogrammes.
Updated on Dec 03, 2018 03:50 pm IST

Subsidised gas price cut by 6.5, non-subsidised by 133

Workers load liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cooking cylinders onto a supply truck. Image for representation.
Updated on Nov 30, 2018 07:31 pm IST

Government has failed to check rising input costs, claim farmers

Farmers take part in a march organised by the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) organisation and Communist Party of India (Marxist) in New Delhi on November 29, 2018, as they call for pro-farmer legislation in the Indian parliament.
Updated on Nov 30, 2018 07:57 am IST

US-China trade war helps raise soya price

In what has been a depressing farm season, soyabean stands out as the only commodity — apart from rice — for which farmers are getting relatively better prices among 13 summer-sown commodities for which the Modi government had promised higher returns.
Updated on Nov 24, 2018 12:01 am IST

To clear stocks, Centre gives big pulse discounts to states

The Centre is offering states nearly 3.4 million tonnes of pulses at a deep discount to pare its own ballooning reserves, following record procurement during 2017-18, to calm farmers roiled by low prices.
Published on Nov 09, 2018 11:59 pm IST

We need a choice-based approach in the Public Distribution System

The availability of DBT may even help improve the existing PDS, as it will have to deliver value for people to continue to choose it over DBT. The economic viability of PDS dealers can be improved by allowing them to stock other products too, so that PDS is not their only source of revenue.
Updated on Oct 03, 2018 07:24 pm IST

Risk management is the way forward for farming

If farmers, the world over, including in emerging economies such as India, are able to benefit from such approaches towards price and yield risk management, they will be able to build a great deal of resilience in their approaches towards agriculture.
Updated on Sept 13, 2018 11:53 am IST

Cabinet unveils three options to guarantee MSP

The government sets MSPs for 24 crops that are meant to act as a profitable, base price. However, over the past two years, market prices have trended well below these benchmark thresholds in many crops — the root cause of farm distress. (AP File Photo)
Updated on Sept 13, 2018 12:16 am IST

LPG price hiked by 1.76 per cylinder

The government may choose to subsidise a part of the price but tax will have to be paid at market rates. This has led to increase in price.
Published on Aug 01, 2018 01:08 am IST

Private publishers seek CM’s help to address Balbharati copyright fee

Balbharati, the Maharashtra state bureau of textbook production and curriculum research, has planned to copyright its books in order to prevent commercialisation.
Updated on Jun 07, 2018 03:05 pm IST

Cut retail prices of milk, sugar: Maharashtra consumer activists

The prices of milk and sugar in the wholesale market have fallen between 5 and 10.
Published on May 11, 2018 01:08 am IST