Exporters say that the Christmas/New Year season won’t be a happy one for the floriculture industry because the margins have been squeezed by an 18% GST levy, a rise in freight rates, and the end of a freight subsidy. Shrikanth Bolla, President of the Growers Flower Council of...
India is the third-top county to settle a number of crop insurance claims India has the third-highest number of crop insurance claims in the world, after Canada and Italy. This is because Canada and Italy both have at least one extreme weather event every year. As far as global standards...
The main reason many people turn vegan is their empathy for animals : Survey The main reason many people will become vegan in 2022 is that they care about animals, says the Veganuary Official Survey 2022. Veganuary is a non-profit organization that works all over the world to get people...
Farm sector stakeholders want exemption of GST on Agri inputs & tax breaks Some of the suggestions that the stakeholders made to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman when she was making the Budget for 2023–24 were to give tax breaks to people in the agriculture value chain, get rid of...
India to offer 2-3 million tonnes of wheat to flour millers, biscuit makers Two government sources said that India is going to offer 2 to 3 million tonnes of wheat to large buyers like flour millers and biscuit makers. This is part of an effort to bring down record-high prices, even...
