1. Over 40,000 tonnes of grain damaged in FCI godowns in last 2 years, owing to reasons of natural calamities, poor storage facilities, pilferage and transit loss.
2. India exported 10.86 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of onions during 2014-15 as against 13.58 lakh MT during the previous financial year, a 9 year low with 20% decline.
3. Weak monsoon at the start of the season affecting agriculture; crop planting 9 per cent lower than last year.
4. According to the Agriculture Ministry data, paddy sowing was 4.71 lakh hectares as against 4.52 lakh hectares in the same period last year.
5. Prices of cooking oil, a main ingredient in the country’s food basket, have also gone up in the past month by 8-9% globally.
6. Cultivation of green tea is growing in the northeast. The green tea market in India is expanding at about 50% annually and is estimated to be worth around Rs 400 crore.
7. Global prices of pulses have gone up by about 30 per cent to 40 per cent during last two to three months due to fear of drought in India.
8. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs okays Rs 6,000 crore interest-free loan to sugar mills.
9. The West Bengal Government has decided to take over the Bengal unit of Mother Dairy and re-brand it as Bengal Dairy.
2. India exported 10.86 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of onions during 2014-15 as against 13.58 lakh MT during the previous financial year, a 9 year low with 20% decline.
3. Weak monsoon at the start of the season affecting agriculture; crop planting 9 per cent lower than last year.
4. According to the Agriculture Ministry data, paddy sowing was 4.71 lakh hectares as against 4.52 lakh hectares in the same period last year.
5. Prices of cooking oil, a main ingredient in the country’s food basket, have also gone up in the past month by 8-9% globally.
6. Cultivation of green tea is growing in the northeast. The green tea market in India is expanding at about 50% annually and is estimated to be worth around Rs 400 crore.
7. Global prices of pulses have gone up by about 30 per cent to 40 per cent during last two to three months due to fear of drought in India.
8. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs okays Rs 6,000 crore interest-free loan to sugar mills.
9. The West Bengal Government has decided to take over the Bengal unit of Mother Dairy and re-brand it as Bengal Dairy.
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