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Sugar mills will start operating 10-15 days before the normal schedule for the 2026-2027 sugar marketing season to ensure adequate availability of sugar during the festival season this year. At a meeting held with the Joint Secretary (Sugar) last month, the Indian Sugar and Bio-energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) and the National Federation of Cooperative Sugar…
Collector Nishant Kumar inspecting a feeder channel as part of ‘Jaladhara’ water conservation works near Madanapalle in Annamayya district on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Annamayya District Collector Nishant Kumar on Wednesday said that the district administration was ready with an extensive climate-resilience action plan to mitigate the projected El Niño conditions such as…
The hot winds sweeping across the ancient Kallanai, which should be brimming with water by now, are raising temperatures across the Cauvery delta this year. A weak southwest monsoon and the vexed inter-State river water sharing dispute with Karnataka have left farmers in the region in distress yet again. As the Stanley Reservoir at Mettur…
In limbo: So far, nearly 1,700 acres of land has been acquired in various villages for the project. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu A few months ago, Murugan, a farmer and resident of Nagapattu, was under duress to give his agricultural land for the Parandur airport project. “I was absolutely against it. But I had to…
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Tamil Nadu government, headed by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Monday (May 25, 2026) announced a waiver on loans up to ₹50,000, availed by small and marginal farmers from cooperative banks since May last year. Loans up to ₹50,000 obtained by…
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For Mahalakshmi R., who has been riding a bike taxi for nearly two years, every increase in fuel and food prices directly cuts into her daily earnings. What was once enough for three modest meals a day is no longer sufficient. “I earn an average of ₹700 to ₹1,000 each day, depending on the number…
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A tapper collecting latex from a rubber tree at a plantation in Kanjirappally, Kottayam. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The United Planters’ Association of Southern India (UPASI) has urged the government to maintain status quo on the import duty on natural rubber as a section of the rubber user industry has sought reduction of the…
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As a young boy growing up in the small town of Chitradurga in central Karnataka, Apoorva BV often spent time observing the natural world. “Animals, birds and insects have always been my favourite topics since childhood,” says the Bengaluru-based beekeeper and beekeeping educator, who has recently set up a one-of-its-kind Bee Museum at the Keladi…
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Telangana Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Commission Chairman M. Kodanda Reddy expressed disappointment over the Union Budget, stating that the agriculture sector has not been given due priority. He alleged that the Union government was planning to hand over the sector to big corporate companies. In a statement, Mr. Reddy said the agriculture sector, including the…
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Union Budget 2025: What’s in it for agriculture? | Video Credit: The Hindu A look at what the Union Budget 2025 had in store for agriculture, and farmers. Reporting: AM Jigeesh Video: Sabika Syed Editing: Tayyab Hussain Published – February 01, 2025 09:01 pm IST Source link