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Punjab: 102 lakh tonne reaches mandis, nearly 60% awaits lifting

Workers unload wheat sacks from a truck at the Ludhiana grain market on Monday. (Gurpreet Singh/ HT)
Published on Apr 28, 2025 08:12 AM IST

Wheat starts to arrive in Punjab mandis

Labourers pile up the wheat grain at Anaj Mandi on a bright sunny day, in Gurugram on Friday. (File)
Published on Apr 05, 2025 09:36 AM IST

More rain needed in HP for good crop yield: Experts

Parked cars covered with snow in Shimla on Friday (HT Photo)
Updated on Feb 03, 2024 06:00 AM IST

Kangra farmers stare at low yield in rain-deficit HP

In Kangra district, farmers have reported that wheat plants are already showing signs of stress with yellowing and the situation is expected to worsen if there is no rainfall soon (HT Photo)
Updated on Jan 25, 2024 06:04 AM IST

Shortage of snowfall in hills may lead to a warmer spring

In December, the rain deficiency was 79% over Jammu and Kashmir, 85% over Himachal Pradesh, 75% over Uttarakhand, and 70% over Punjab (PTI)
Updated on Jan 13, 2024 06:05 AM IST

2023 was India’s second warmest year in India on record

Commuters walk on the road amid heatwave in Patna, Bihar in April, 2023. (Santosh Kumar/HT photo)
Updated on Jan 02, 2024 02:30 AM IST

Centre approves 22,303 cr subsidy for Phosphatic & potassic fertilisers

Union minister Anurag Thakur (HT photo)
Updated on Oct 25, 2023 03:48 PM IST

Delayed harvesting behind drop in farm fires: Experts

Singh cautioned that the trend, currently representing a decline, might be over soon as the harvesting across Punjab gains momentum. (HT Photo)
Updated on Oct 24, 2023 06:22 AM IST

10-15% crop loss estimated due to rain: Haryana CM

HT Image
Updated on Apr 20, 2023 12:15 AM IST

In Bihar, wheat procurement to start on April 20; 10 lakh MT is the target

A woman labourer in Nagpur cleans up the wheat grains for sale at a wholesale market. (ANI/REPRESENTATIVE FILE IMAGE)
Updated on Apr 12, 2023 01:44 PM IST

Cabinet urges Centre to relax wheat procurement norms

The Punjab council of ministers on Monday urged the Centre to relax the specifications for wheat reaching the state mandis for procurement, in view of the unseasonal rainfall, high-velocity winds and hailstorm that lashed the state when crop was at the maturing stage. (ANI)
Updated on Apr 11, 2023 12:18 AM IST

Untimely rainfall damages crops on 35,480 ha in Uttar Pradesh

The work to identify losses of less than 33% is in progress in the state and the final figures are expected only after the harvest. (File Photo)
Updated on Apr 04, 2023 12:13 AM IST

Rain-battered wheat not ready for harvest in Punjab

No wheat arrival in mandis; experts say it will take at least 10-15 days for the crop to be ready again for harvesting, procurement to pick up in second-third week of April (PTI)
Updated on Apr 03, 2023 12:16 AM IST

Stormy weather impacts rabi crop amid shortages

Stormy weather impacts rabi crop amid shortages. (HT Photo)
Updated on Mar 22, 2023 03:01 AM IST

Rabi area rise boosts bumper crop hopes, but warm winter a concern

A warmer-than-average winter so far remains a concern because wheat needs temperatures of at least 15-16°C initially (ANI FILE)
Updated on Dec 12, 2022 04:11 AM IST

Rabi sowing expands for third year in a row: Govt data on impact of Covid

Agriculture contributes nearly 17% to the country’s gross domestic product but employs nearly half of all Indians, making it a critical source of livelihood. (AP File Photo)
Published on Feb 08, 2022 07:36 AM IST

Winter sowing powers on despite third wave

As on January 10, the total area sown under rabi crops is 65.2 million hectares.
Updated on Jan 13, 2022 12:26 AM IST

Happy Lohri 2020: 5 things that are an integral part of the festival

Jammu, India – January 12, 2020: A roadside vendor displays customary eatables like peanuts, popcorns and other snacks ahead of Lohri festival, which will celebrated on 13th January every year in Jammu, on Sunday, January 12, 2020. On the Lohri day people fly kites in the day and light bonfires in the night to celebrate the event Lohri.
Updated on Jan 13, 2020 03:23 PM IST

Happy Lohri 2020: Here are few traditional recipes to treat your taste buds to this festival

Amritsar, India – January 11, 2020: Students in traditional attire during a celebration ahead of Lohri festival in Amritsar, Punjab, India on Saturday, January 11, 2020.
Updated on Jan 13, 2020 10:08 AM IST

Now, winter crop sowing area sees decline, could dent rural economy

Farmers sowing wheat crop in their fields in Punjab’s Zirakpur. Government data shows sowing of winter, or rabi crops, such as wheat is down by nearly 5% compared to the previous years (File Photo)
Published on Dec 25, 2018 06:58 AM IST

Pune to experience fodder crisis as rabi crop hit

Rabi crops or rabi harvest are agricultural crops that are sown in winter and harvested in the spring in South Asian countries.
Updated on Oct 31, 2018 04:25 PM IST

Day after farmers’ stir, govt hikes MSP of rabi crops; support price of wheat up by Rs 105 per quintal

Union minister Ravi Shakar Prasad addressing the media on October 3.
Updated on Oct 03, 2018 10:54 PM IST

Crop premium subsidy only up to 7 hectares in Rajasthan

Farmers show crops destroyed by rain and hailstorm in Rajasthan.
Updated on Aug 02, 2018 10:07 PM IST

Upset at not getting fair price, farmers plan to gherao Raje in Sikar

Chief minister Vasundhara Raje
Updated on Apr 06, 2018 10:43 PM IST