Crisil predicts ₹ 50,000 crores in basmati rice sales this fiscal year According to Crisil, a combination of high realization and healthy demand will help the basmati rice sector record strong year-on-year sales growth of more than 30% to more than ₹50,000 crores in fiscal 2023, the...
Syngenta, IoTech partner to use drones in agriculture, hire rural youth Syngenta India Pvt. Ltd. (SIPL) has partnered with IoTechWorld Avigation to bring drone spraying to the agricultural sector across the country. Both parties agreed to work together to create job opportunities for...
Electric vehicles and solar energy boost India’s soda ash to 60 lakh tonnes India’s annual demand for soda ash is about to reach 60 lakh tonnes. This is because solar energy and electric vehicles, two new industries, could use a lot of soda ash. In an interview with...
A significant increase in the use of bio-fertilizers in the country. According to a reply in Lok Sabha, the number of times bio-fertilizers are used in the country has gone up by a lot. The amount of carrier-based bio-fertilizers made in the country went up by 113.23 percent, from 79,436...
Govt to consider a new certification system for organic cotton & its derivatives As part of its efforts to boost Indian exports, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare plans to create a new certification system for organic cotton and products made from it. The...
