India’s ethanol story has been one of its rare policy successes. The country reached 20% ethanol blending in petrol ahead of its 2030 target, reducing its dependence on...
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A failed monsoon can destroy a farmer’s harvest in a few weeks. Recovering from that loss may take years. Yet the suffering of rural India often struggles to remain in the...
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India’s southwest monsoon ended with a sharp contrast across the country. Some regions received heavy rain and faced floods, while several others went through long periods...
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Winter sowing is about to begin, and farmers across the country now know the price the government will offer for their rabi crops. The Union Cabinet has raised the Minimum Support...
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India has entered the 2026-27 rabi season with substantially higher fertiliser stocks than it had at the same stage last year. The opening stock is around 16.4 million tonnes,...
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India has entered the matcha business, and the first commercial batch has come not from a Japanese import house but from a tea estate in Upper Assam. In July, five kilograms of...
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The Maratha quota agitation in Maharashtra has once again exposed a difficult intersection of agrarian distress, political promises and constitutional limits. At the heart of the...
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A long-pending railway project in Bihar’s Mithila region has once again become the subject of public concern, with local residents and activists opposing a proposed change...
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India has lifted restrictions on wheat exports, opening the door for traders to ship grain without quantitative limits. On August 24, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade...
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India’s monsoon season tells two different stories depending on where one looks. At the national level, the all-India rainfall deficit has narrowed sharply after a weak...
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