Kharif sowing up 3.5% on year; area under pulses grows 22%
By Sandip das Thanks to normal monsoon rains in most parts of the country since the last week of June,
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Pulses
Pulses supply improves, Govt asks retailers to cut prices
By Sandip Das With the mandi prices of key pulses varieties – tur, urad and chana – declining due to
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Budget to announce steps to aid crop diversification
By Sandip Das The government is likely to announce a host of measures aimed at boosting domestic production of pulses
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Union Agriculture Minister calls for concerted efforts to hike production of pulses
By IANS Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday reviewed the progress in the sowing
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Govt to procure 100% of urad, arhar & masur: Chouhan
By Sandip Das The government is committed to procure 100% of urad, arhar and masur varieties of pulses, which the
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Prices of pulses softening amid forecast of good rain
By Jitendra Choubey Good rainfall has increased the sowing acreage of pulses, which has softened the price, especially of Urad
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Monsoon ends its deficit, sowing operation picks up with focus on pulses and oilseeds
by Vishwa Mohan With the monsoon rainfall over the country as a whole turning from 11% deficit on June 30
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Despite monsoon deficit, Kharif acreage up 32% in June, driven by pulses & oilseeds
By Vishwa Mohan The country has reported higher acreage of summer-sown Kharif crops in June compared to the corresponding period
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Wheat, pulses prices moderate after govt imposes stockholding limit
By Sanjeeb Mukherjee There has been a moderation in price increase of the commodities on which the Centre imposed stock
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Ending pulses import by 2027 a key target of agriculture minister
By Zia Haq A key target handed down to agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is to end India’s dependence on
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