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Agriculture Industry
Free Farmers: Make agriculture the engine of growthedit
Pulling farming community out of distress is eminently essential for pulling the Indian economy out of deep recession. The crisis in agriculture has continued for an inordinate long period and it needs massive political will on the part of the government to implement solutions which organisations like All India Kisan Sabha and other farmers’ organisations have submitted to the successive governments umpteen number of times. The foremost of these is ensuring adequate income to farmer families and augment their purchasing power. That will create a huge market for industrial production which in turn will give an impetus to economic growth. Agricultural growth rate has been slipping consistently and has gone down to 2.6 per cent, the ...
Non-paddy kharif crops a respite for Punjab’s farmersedit
After a season where paddy stubble burning dominated headlines, farmers have something to cheer. The per acre yield and price of kharif crops — potato, maize, cotton and basmati — has gone up, benefitting growers. There has been an increase in area under cultivation of these crops over last season with basmati grown at 6.3 lakh hectare from 5.1 lakh hectare (around 25% increase); maize to 1.6 lakh hectare from 1.1 lakh hectare (30%), and cotton to 3.9 lakh hectare from 2.7 lakh hectare (45%).
Dairy Farming
Unveiling White Revolution 2.0: Dairy business expected to reach Rs 21.9 crore by 2024edit
In 2019, India emerged as the largest milk producer and consumer. Niti Aayog estimates that the country is expected to increase its milk production to 330 million metric tonnes (mt) in 2033–34 from the current level of 176 mt. Marketing and innovation, thus, are increasingly becoming important on the cusp of White Revolution 2.0. This is also evident from the fact that dairy business is expected to reach `21,97,100 crore by 2024 with a CAGR of about 16%.
Future business scope for foreign dairy brands in Indiaedit
The socioeconomic development of a country depends upon the price of the basic needs. Milk and milk products control a country’s economy wherein decisions regarding the market need to be taken wisely according to the requirements of both the urban and rural populations.
India has a diverse population of 1.3 billion and is a wonderland for brands targeting investment opportunities in the dairy sector. The milk production of India is 176.3 million metric tonne and is the highest in the world. There is high availability of cheap labour and technological infrastructure.
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A solution to Delhi’s apocalyptic winters might just be in sightedit
The climate talks in Madrid may have failed to achieve much, but a solution to the Indian capital’s apocalyptic winters might just be in sight, with a little help from the industry.
Every year in November, northern India chokes inside a thick blanket of smog, precipitated by record-level pollution. While fossil fuel-based power plants and vehicles are the major scourges in other countries, or even other Indian cities, Delhi’s problem lies a few hundred kilometres northwest: the agricultural fields of Punjab and Haryana.