Following news of bird flu outbreak in a poultry farm in West Bengal's Darjeeling, Bhutan is mulling a ban on import of chicken meat and eggs from India.
India's Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar admitted in the Parliament that the procurement of wheat is slow, and time-consuming.
Ban on US rice by the European Union and Cuba is turning out to be detrimental for the American rice sector as the commodity may found it tough to get buyers now.
A number of sugar companies in India are awaiting government approval for loans from the Sugar Development Fund to set up co-generation power units or ethanol plants.
Reliance Industries Limited has chalked out a novel scheme to compensate and rehabilitate the displaced people from Special Economic Zone areas the company is developing.
Anticipating a major shortage of professionals in Futures trading in the coming years, the Multi Commodity Exchange has decided to train 10,000 personnel in the sector this financial year.
The Indian government is chalking out plans to introduce a Chinese model of power distribution to light up the country's 'powerless' villages.
Cooking oil rates have already witnessed a rise of almost 25 per cent since last year
The Indian Meteorological Department announced that conditions are favourable for further advancement of monsoon to some parts of southwest Bay of Bengal
Data released by the Solvent Extractors' Association of India has shown huge rise in exports of oilmeal from India.
Pakistan is doing another confidence building measure with India by permitting import of cotton from the neighbouring country through Wagah border.
India's economic boom story does not just stop by the information technology sector.
Potato chips manufacturers, especially those in the business of French fries, may not have to bother about sorting out quality potatoes
Even as fears of major crop loss due to blight disease in potatoes, scientists at the Shimla-based Central Potato Research Institute said that use of genetically modified potatoes can reduce damages.
This piece of forecast from the India Meteorological Department and the European Centre for Medium-Range weather Forecasts may bring cheer to Indian farmers
Central government's plan to import pulses to rein in inflation is continuing with renewed vigour as state-run agencies have contracted imports of 437,000 tonnes of pulses till this week.
India's leading national commodity exchanges have asked the government to immediately lift the ban on futures trading on certain agricultural commodities.
High demand from India and China has depleted the palm oil stock of Malaysia, triggering fears of a price rice in the global market.
The Central government has finalized a financial relief package for 33 closed tea gardens across the country, Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh said on Friday.
India's largest private power utility company - Tata Power Company - is planning to raise $ 600 million to fund its recently acquired coal mines in Indonesia.
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