![]() ![]() Supreme Court on Adani-Hindenburg row: 5 top quotes from CJI-led bench.GATE 2024 admit card: 5 things to check in the hall ticket.Ruling alliance in Maharashtra announces joint rallies in all districts on Jan 14 ahead of Lok Sabha polls.Man claims technician broke his TV worth Rs 40,000, company offers Rs 10,000 reimbursement. ![]() Gauri Khan’s brother had ‘murder on his mind’ whenever he saw Shah Rukh Khan looking at her: ‘He hated him’.How a proxy fight over campus politics brought down Harvard’s president.Such bolts from the blue will deter investments in a sector - agriculture - that badly needs them. The December 7 order on ethanol is almost like the notification prohibiting wheat exports. The Modi government deserves credit for its national biofuels programme that has led to the average ethanol blending in petrol rising from 1.6 to 11.8 per cent between 2013-23. A more serious cost involves policy credibility. Those being rendered idle would undermine their ability to pay both banks and cane growers. The first is to the mills that have spent money, including through borrowed funds, for creating additional distilling capacities. And with the national elections scheduled in April-May 2024, the Modi government wants to take no chances. Moreover, there are concerns over this year’s production - it may fall below 30 mt, from 33 mt in 2022-23 and 36 mt in 2021-22 - on the back of dry weather in Maharashtra and Karnataka. All this comes even as mills have started the new sugar season with six-year-low stocks. It is similar to the export ban on sugar since May, which was also aimed at augmenting domestic availability of the sweetener. ![]() Less sugar going for fuel (ethanol is blended with petrol) would mean more of it being available for consumption as food. Pulses improve soil fertility and are a great source of nutritional fodder for the cattle, making them an all-round performer of the agricultural world.Such diversion amounted to 4.5 mt in 2022-23, 3.4 mt in 2021-22 and 2.2 mt in 2020-21. It grows fast, requires minimum resources for growth and development, and offers flexibility in terms of growing techniques. ![]() The cultivation of this nutrient-rich crop yields several benefits. In 2020, the value of pulses in the retail market of India towered at 980 billion Indian rupees, a rapid increase compared to five years ago. Except for the north-eastern region, pulses formed a considerable share of the dry grocery market in all the remaining parts of the country. Pulses are an essential part of the dry food market across the country. In 2018, Myanmar supplied more than 500 million kilograms of pulses, making it the largest source of the crop for India that year. Consequently, India, despite being a primary producer, still imports large volumes. Despite an increase in production, this staple food crop failed to keep up with the consumption rate and population growth of the country. In the fiscal year 2018, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra accounted for more than half of the production share of the entire nation. The most popular types of pulses grown in India are gram, tur, urad, moong – primarily lentils to make different varieties of Daal, or lentil curry. In the financial year 2020, India produced more than 23 million metric tons of pulses. India is one of the largest producers of protein-rich food grains. ![]()
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