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2 weeks, 5 days ago

China's supply cut and global disturbances reduces India’s fertilizer imports

Chinese supply curbs and global supply chain disruptions have dragged down the production and imports of key fertilizers, casting a cloud over India's crop yields and farmer incomes. “Of the six million tonnes of fertilizers that India imports, China used to supply about two million tonnes. India imported a total of 10.65 million tonnes of phosphatic and potassic fertilizers in …

Global India China Supply Indian Production Imports

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rabi sowing on, Punjab still faces DAP shortage of 1.28 lakh tonnes

Hindustan Times

Punjab is facing acute shortage of di-ammonia phosphate, a key soil nutrient required for growing crops sown at the onset of winters, even as the rabi sowing season has started. Punjab’s annual requirement of DAP is 8.5 lakh tonnes. As on date, the state has 3.52 lakh tonnes of DAP against the rabi’s sowing season requirement of 4.8 lakh tonnes, …

Farmers Ssp Tonnes Lakh Shortage Rabi Punjab State

2 months ago

Record Foodgrain Production Despite Fertiliser Shortage: Centre

Hindustan Times

Despite the challenges posed by the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran, the Centre on Saturday expressed confidence in achieving record foodgrain production in the 2024-25 rabi season. The state has a sufficient supply of key fertilisers, such as urea and diammonium phosphate (DAP), despite the delay in shipments due to geopolitical tensions and disruption of Red Sea routes.

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

DAP ‘shortage’ has Punjab farmers worried ahead of rabi season

Hindustan Times

Ahead of the wheat sowing season, the ‘low availability’ of Di-Ammonium Phosphate, an essential chemical fertiliser for rabi crops, has left the farmers worried. State agriculture director Jaswant Singh, however, denied a shortage of DAP but he was reluctant to share data on the current stock available with the state. Official sources said that in 2023, the central government had …

Wheat State Punjab Bathinda Singh Tonnes Sowing

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana procured 48 lakh MT paddy in this Rabi season

New Indian Express

HYDERABAD : Paddy procurement for the Rabi season has concluded in the state. The government procured 48 lakh metric tonnes from nearly nine lakh farmers, disbursing payments amounting to Rs 10,547 crore to the accounts of 8,99,546 farmers as MSP. To facilitate the procurement during the Rabi season, the government operated 7,178 procurement centres, an increase from 6,889 centres last …

Procurement Metric Tonnes

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Hyderabad: Less Paddy Procured as Market Price Was Higher

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: The State Civil Supplies Corporation has informed that by the end of rabi season, around nine lakh farmers were paid Rs 10,547 crores in just three days for the 48 lakh metric tonnes of paddy procured from them. The corporation which started operations early by March 25 opened 7,178 purchase centres this rabi season. The corporation had initially set …

1 year, 6 months ago

Paddy procurement of 64.5L tonnes in 2022-23 rabi second highest

The Hindu

An amount of ₹3,000 crore was credited to farmers’ bank accounts at one go on Friday in lieu of sale of paddy produced by them this rabi season at the procurement centres set up by different government agencies under the aegis of Telangana State Civil Supplies Corporation. Minister for Civil Supplies Gangula Kamalakar said on Friday that 64.52 lakh tonnes …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Centre agrees to procure additional 6.80LTs of parboiled rice from Telangana

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: The Centre on Friday agreed to procure an additional 6.8 lakh tonnes of parboiled rice from Telangana for the Kharif season 2022-23. This is in addition to the recently approved procurement of 13.73 lakh tonnes of parboiled rice for the Rabi 2021-22 and Kharif 2022-23 kharif seasons. Union minister G. Kishan Reddy who had written to his Cabinet colleague …

Rice Telangana Centre Parboiled Rice

1 year, 8 months ago

10,727 tonnes of wheat procured; ban on exports continues

The Hindu

The Food Corporation of India’s Chairman and Managing Director Ashok K. Meena said the Centre would continue the ban on wheat export till it was confident about domestic supplies meeting the country’s food security needs. Mr. Meena said 10,727 metric tonnes of wheat have been procured up to March 27 this rabi season. He said the FCI estimates procurement of …

Wheat State Meena

1 year, 9 months ago

Cabinet meet on March 9 to review salaries, pension

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: The crucial Cabinet meeting on March 9 — the first since December 10, 2022 — is expected to take a decision to constitute a new pay revision commission to revise salaries and pensions for government employees and pensioners, as well as approve welfare schemes for various sections with an eye on the Assembly elections. The Cabinet is also expected …

Rice Paddy State Centre Cabinet Lakh Expected

1 year, 11 months ago

India's wheat output may set new record of over 112 lakh tonnes in 2022-23: govt. officials

The Hindu

The country's wheat production is likely to set a new record of more than 112 million tonnes in the 2022-23 crop year, according to official sources. Wheat production had declined to 106.84 million tonnes due to heat wave in key growing states in 2021-22 crop year, as per the agriculture ministry data. In 2020-21, the country had achieved record wheat …

Crop Lakh Record Wheat

2 years, 1 month ago

State at less than 2% of paddy procurement target

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: Paddy procurement by the state government for the kharif season is yet to pick up pace, with procurement of only 1.5 lakh tonnes, against a target of one crore tonnes, completed so far. The government initiated paddy procurement in the last week of October by opening 2,000 centres in Nizamabad and Nalgonda districts, where paddy generally arrives first. This …

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$Centre\'s relief to TS Govt: Extends deadline for kharif rice procurement$

2 years, 1 month ago

Centre\'s relief to TS Govt: Extends deadline for kharif rice procurement

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: In a relief to Telangana state government, the Centre’s Food Corporation of India has extended the deadline by one month until November 30 to hand over rice stocks of the previous kharif season 2021-22 after milling. It also agreed to procure an additional four lakh tonnes of fortified boiled rice stocks from the state pertaining to recent rabi season …

Stocks Rice Telangana State Season Centre Tonnes

2 years, 5 months ago

Over 50 lakh tonne paddy piled up in mills as FCI stop purchase

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: Finance minister T. Harish Rao and civil supplies minister Gangula Kamalakar on Friday held a meeting with Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar and other senior officials of civil supplies department at BRKR Bhavan to discuss what to do with mounting rice stocks in rice mills across the state in the wake of Centre stopping rice procurement from the state from …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Haryana Minister Explains How State is Making Direct Cash Transfer to Farmers Possible During COVID

News 18

Amid the rapid spread of COVID-19, Haryana has been at the forefront of fighting this challenge. Under his leadership, the state government has documented and digitized the records of all farmer families through the revolutionary Parivar Pehchan Patra, which ensures that the payment for crop procurement directly reaches Haryana’s farmers. Doubling farmers’ income is the stated goal of our Prime …

Farmers Haryana Procurement Crop State Season Direct

3 years, 8 months ago

Rabi food grain output sees rise in Andhra Pradesh

Deccan Chronicle

VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh has witnessed a rise of area of cultivation during rabi season to 59.06 lakh acres against the targeted 58.92 lakh acres. In terms of food,grain production, it was up to 90.10 lakh metric tonnes this season against 87.35 lakh metric tonnes last year, as per the third advance estimate. Under the influence of Nivar cyclonic storm, Kharif …

Paddy State Tonnes Lakh Metric Rabi Rabi Season

4 years, 1 month ago

Urea Shortage Due to Suspension of Freight Trains to Hit Sowing of Wheat, Vegetables in Punjab

News 18

Chandigarh: The suspension of freight trains in Punjab has caused acute shortage of urea for wheat and vegetable crops in Punjab, with the state authorities saying rabi crop sowing is likely to be hit because of it. Farmers require urea, a key fertiliser for rabi crops, and DAP for sowing wheat and other vegetable crops like potato, an official of …

State Punjab Tonnes Lakh Urea Shortage

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China's supply cut and global disturbances reduces India’s fertilizer imports

Rabi sowing on, Punjab still faces DAP shortage of 1.28 lakh tonnes

Record Foodgrain Production Despite Fertiliser Shortage: Centre

DAP ‘shortage’ has Punjab farmers worried ahead of rabi season

Telangana procured 48 lakh MT paddy in this Rabi season

Hyderabad: Less Paddy Procured as Market Price Was Higher

Paddy procurement of 64.5L tonnes in 2022-23 rabi second highest

Centre agrees to procure additional 6.80LTs of parboiled rice from Telangana

10,727 tonnes of wheat procured; ban on exports continues

Cabinet meet on March 9 to review salaries, pension

India's wheat output may set new record of over 112 lakh tonnes in 2022-23: govt. officials

State at less than 2% of paddy procurement target

Centre\'s relief to TS Govt: Extends deadline for kharif rice procurement

Over 50 lakh tonne paddy piled up in mills as FCI stop purchase

Haryana Minister Explains How State is Making Direct Cash Transfer to Farmers Possible During COVID

Rabi food grain output sees rise in Andhra Pradesh

Urea Shortage Due to Suspension of Freight Trains to Hit Sowing of Wheat, Vegetables in Punjab