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Women carry fodder for their cattle through a mustard field on the outskirts of Srinagar. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Rapeseed-mustard oil (hereafter ‘mustard oil’) is the third-largest edible oil consumed in India. Two executive and judicial decisions on mustard oil — one from 2021 and another from 2024 — have major public health implications,…
GUWAHATI The North East Confederation of Small Tea Growers’ Association (NECSTGA) has sought steps, including weather-based crop insurance and regulation of leaf-dealing agents, to safeguard the 200-year-old beverage industry. In a memorandum to the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce, the NECSTGA pointed out that the woes of small tea growers need to…
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Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar pays tribute to former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh on his death anniversary, in New Delhi, on May 29, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday (May 27, 2025) asserted that the income of people has to increase eightfold to define Viksit Bharat and urged farmers to look beyond…
Image used for representational purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/istockphoto Investing in passion assets can be exciting, but it needs a large investment. Also, maintaining passion assets such as art and wine requires special care involving a huge cost. Here, we discuss how you should, if you want to, move investments to passion assets. Reverse…
Image used for representational purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Retirement planning is a crucial aspect of personal finance. Rising life expectancy, growing prevalence of nuclear families and lack of social security for the elderly have further increased its importance. Here are some suggestions to avoid common retirement planning errors. Underestimating needs Many investors wrongly…
A squirrel has scooped out a tiny hole in an Imam Pasand mango that farmer K Baskar has set aside. “I had left the box outside just a few minutes ago!” he chuckles. Animals and birds make away with a lot of the produce at his 40-acre organic farm that borders Dindigul district. But he…
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The Organic Shandy, Mylapore Native mango varieties reign this year says organic farmer and co-founder of Organic Shandy, PB Murali. He adds that the mango season in Tamil Nadu has been quite the disaster so far, with farmers managing only about 20% of the expected yield. However, as they are all discovering, the heritage varieties…
Rice grains being winnowed on a paddy field. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Cultivation of paddy, pulses, coarse grains and oilseeds has expanded this kharif season, said the Agriculture Ministry in New Delhi on Monday (May 12, 2025), after a meeting chaired by Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. As on May 2, sowing of paddy…
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Small Savings Schemes, kown as Post Office Savings Schemes, are a popular and useful means for people for channelising savings. Credit quality is top-notch as it is run by the government, and interest rates are competitive. Interest rates are fixed by the government every quarter e.g. the rates for the current quarter, April to June…
