India is looking to create special farm sector indices as part of a wider plan focused on targeted policy interventions to lift agri productivity and incomes after efforts to introduce reforms in the sector, through the later recalled farm laws, failed to take off. A senior government official told ET that the preparatory work had … Read more
While farmers stand to gain from exports amid a bumper harvest, food security campaigners urge caution Russia and Ukraine account for about 25% of the world’s wheat exports. However, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent Western sanctions against Moscow have curtailed their wheat supplies drastically. As a result, many countries which were sourcing wheat … Read more
The war in Ukraine has delivered a shock to global energy markets. Now the planet is facing a deeper crisis: a shortage of food. A crucial portion of the world’s wheat, corn and barley is trapped in Russia and Ukraine because of the war, while an even larger portion of the world’s fertilizers is stuck … Read more
The story so far: Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Monday issued directions to stock exchanges in the commodity derivatives segment for immediately suspending trading in derivative contracts in key farm commodities, namely paddy (non-basmati), wheat, chana, mustard seeds and its derivatives, soya bean and its derivatives, crude palm oil and moong for … Read more
RPG Enterprises Chairman Harsh Goenka shared a video in which Nadir Godrej, MD of Godrej Industries, is seen reciting a moving poem for brother Adi Godrej marking his retirement as Godrej Industries Chairman. 79-year-old industrialist Adi Godrej will step down as chairman of Godrej Industries Ltd (GIL) after more than four decades, with effect from … Read more
A steep decline in cigarettes and hotels revenues due to the nationwide lockdown, imposed to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, dragged diversified conglomerate, ITC’s profit before tax (PBT) 33.81 per cent to Rs 3,435.88 crore in the June quarter. Revenues from operations fell 17.21 per cent to Rs 10,478.46 crore. Profit after tax was down by … Read more