New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) India’s annual rate of inflation based on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) was estimated at 1.81 per cent for January this year compared to the same month of the previous year, according to figures released by the Commerce and Industry Ministry on Monday.Positive rate of inflation in January is primarily due to an increase in prices of the manufacture of basic metals, other manufacturing, non-food articles, food articles and textiles, the official statement said.The mon…
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New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) India’s inflation rate based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), with the new base year 2024, for the month of January this year is estimated at 2.75 per cent compared to the same month of the previous year, according to official data released by the Ministry of Statistics on Thursday.The food inflation came in at 2.13 per cent during the month. Prices of vegetables such as potatoes, onions and garlic declined during January along with the prices of pulses such as arhar…
Sehore, Feb 7 (IANS) Union Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Saturday, expressed his concern over continuous low production of pulses across the country and called for an immediate attention from all the states and concerned authorities, including farmers. Union Minister Chouhan said that continuous low production of pulses by the farmers for the last few years have forced the government to purchase pulses from foreign countries.”If India has to buy pulses from a…
Indore, Feb 6 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Friday said the state government is mulling providing incentives on the production of ‘urad’ (black gram) and ‘masoor’ (lentil) pulses to encourage farmers.The Chief Minister made this announcement, addressing a three-day national and international exhibition of state-of-the-art machinery related to pulses, grains, and other food processing industries in Indore on Friday.The Chief Minister said that the government has prepared a d…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The total area sown under rabi crops in the ongoing winter season has increased by 15.88 lakh hectares to 676.84 lakh hectares as on January 30 this year, compared with the corresponding figure of 660.96 lakh hectares in the same period last year, data released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on Monday showed.The increase in sown area is expected to lead to higher production, which, in turn, would increase the incomes of farmers and also help to keep fo…
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The total area sown under rabi crops in the ongoing winter season has increased by 18.24 lakh hectares to 660.48 lakh hectares as on January 23 this year, compared with the corresponding figure of 642.24 lakh hectares in the same period last year, data released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on Wednesday showed.The increase in sown area is expected to lead to higher production, which, in turn, would increase the incomes of farmers and also help to kee…
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The total area sown under rabi crops in the ongoing winter season has increased by 20.88 lakh hectares to 652.33 lakh hectares as on January 16 this year, compared with the corresponding figure of 631.45 lakh hectares in the same period last year, data released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on Monday showed.The increase in sown area is expected to lead to higher production, which in turn would increase the incomes of farmers and also help to keep foo…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The total area sown under rabi crops in the ongoing winter season has increased by 17.65 lakh hectares to 644.29 lakh hectares (as of January 9), from 626.64 lakh hectares in the same period last year, data released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare showed on Monday.The increase in sown area is expected to lead to higher production, which, in turn, would increase the incomes of farmers and help keep food inflation in check.While pulse area rose by 3.74 l…
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The total area sown under rabi crops in the ongoing winter season has increased by 16.4 lakh hectares to 634.14 lakh hectares as on January 2 this year, compared with the corresponding figure of 617.74 lakh hectares in the same period last year, data released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on Tuesday showed.The increase in sown area is expected to lead to higher production, which, in turn, would increase the incomes of farmers and also help to keep foo…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The total area sown under rabi crops in the ongoing winter season has increased by 6.87 lakh hectares to 614.30 lakh hectares as on December 26 this year, compared with the corresponding figure of 607.43 lakh hectares in the same period last year, data released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on Monday showed. The increase in sown area is expected to lead to higher production, which in turn would increase the incomes of farmers and also help to keep fo…