Tag: monsoon

Amid 8% drop in area, water scarcity threatens pulses crops

The Indian government will have to manage the prices of pulses prudently as the acreage under the crop is down

Fertilizer sales during first four months of the current fiscal have increased by 5 per cent to 174.37 lakh tonnes

Even as monsoon-damaging El Niño is predicted to become established during September-November, nearer home, there has been a significant change

Forest outlook from the South Korean model suggests that the monsoon may start withdrawing from South-West Rajasthan and adjoining North-West

The dry spell in most parts of the country in the first two weeks of August has led to a

MPC, on Thursday, maintained status quo on the key policy rate citing concerns around elevated food inflation, weather-related disruptions and

Central, West and South India will continue to be devoid of any major rain activity for another week even as

Indian farmers have planted 28.3 million hectares with summer-sown rice, according to the farm ministry’s latest data, up 3.28% from

Only six out of the 36 meteorological sub-divisions in the country have a rain deficit on Thursday morning, and all

Amid prediction of a two-week “break monsoon” phase over most parts of the country, paddy crop — the key cereal