Tag: paddy

IIL launches new insecticide to tackle paddy stem borers

Insecticides (India) Limited (IIL) has launched, a new insecticide, Centran, to tackle stem borers in paddy. A media statement

India’s rice production in 2024 kharif season is estimated at 119.93 million tonnes (mt), which is 6 per cent higher

Union Food Minister Pralhad Joshi on Sunday assured that “every grain” in the current rice procurement season in Punjab, the

Farmers in Punjab continued their protest for the second day on Sunday to press for multiple demands, including paddy procurement.

The Telangana government’s decision to offer a ₹500 bonus per quintal of superfine paddy varieties has spurred a significant increase

The 2023-24 agricultural marketing year (October-September) ended with the government procuring 52.544 million tonnes (mt) of rice – 46.303 mt

Farmers in West Bengal have sown paddy across 40.13 lakh hectares so far in the ongoing kharif season, registering a

The sowing of all kharif crops, barring paddy, has been completed on 979.89 lakh hectares (lh) as of August 9,

For the first time this season, the area under paddy has dipped from the level seen a year ago as

Sowing under kharif crops has gained further momentum with over half of the country’s normal area of 1,096 lakh hectares