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Sharda Cropchem standalone net profit rises 305.84% in the December 2019 quarter

Date：Jan. 23, 2020 Category：Companies

Net profit of Sharda Cropchem rose 305.84% to Rs 22.24 crore in the quarter ended December 2019 as against Rs 5.48 crore during the previous quarter ended Decem...

Talcher fertilizer plant to start urea production in September 2023

Date：Jan. 21, 2020 Category：Companies

Commercial production of urea from the state owned fertilizer unit at Talcher currently under revival is expected to commence in September 2023. The plant fo...

Rallis India gets NCLT nod for Metahelix Life Sciences merger

Date：Dec. 23, 2019 Category：Companies

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Mumbai Bench, approved the merger of Metahelix Life Sciences with Rallis India.

Bayer CropScience awaits nod to launch flood-resistant rice in India

Date：Dec. 12, 2019 Category：Companies

German chemical and seed company Bayer plans to launch a flood-resistant rice variety in India before the onset of the monsoon season next year.

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India's pulse imports to rise this year on rain-induced crop damage

Date：Nov. 8, 2019 Category：Markets

Barely a year after achieving self-sufficiency in 2018-19, India is going back to importing pulses due to massive Kharif crop damage and bleak prospects for rab...

Industrialist and son of Modinagar's founder, K K Modi passes away

Date：Nov. 6, 2019 Category：Companies

The scion of one of the oldest business families in the country - the Modi family - and the eldest son of late Rai Bahadur Gujarmal Modi (founder of the city of...

Cargill India to invest $160 million in the next three years in new businesses

Date：Oct. 9, 2019 Category：Companies

Cargill, Incorporated

Marcel Smits, chairman and chief executive officer, Asia Pacific, Cargill Global food and agriculture major Cargill plans to invest $160 million out of the $...

Late southwest monsoon surge limits kharif season production shortfall

Date：Sep. 24, 2019 Category：Markets

The country’s foodgrain production in the 2019 kharif season is expected to be less by only 0.8 per cent, despite a delayed progress of the southwest monsoon. ...

India Govt policies, affordability, global warming to spur growth of agri inputs

Date：Sep. 19, 2019 Category：Markets

The agri input sector is likely to see significant growth, with fertilisers, pesticides and other products in this domain becoming more affordable and with gove...

Bharat Rasayan standalone net profit rises 67.05% in the June 2019 quarter

Date：Aug. 19, 2019 Category：Companies

Bharat Rasayan Ltd.

Net profit of Bharat Rasayan rose 67.05% to Rs 41.73 crore in the quarter ended June 2019 as against Rs 24.98 crore during the previous quarter ended June 2018....

Rallis India shares rise 9% on strong Q1 FY20 earnings

Date：Aug. 15, 2019 Category：Companies

Rallis India Limited

Rallis India rose 7.77% to Rs 163.05 at 9:29 IST on BSE after the company's consolidated net profit rose 23.8% to Rs 67.76 crore on a 8.7% increase in net sales...

Indian agri-tech start-ups got $248-mn funding in 2019, says Nasscom

Date：Aug. 13, 2019 Category：Markets

In a report titled 'Agritech in India Emerging Trends in 2019', Nasscom said that growing at 25 per cent year-on-year, India currently hosts more than 450 start...

India government keen on reducing chemical fertilizer use by 10 percent

Date：Jul. 3, 2019 Category：Markets

India government is keen on reducing the use of chemical fertilisers by at least 10 per cent to promote organic fertilizers and has started giving subsidies for...

India pushes for tobacco exports to China

Date：Jul. 1, 2019 Category：Markets

India has made a strong pitch for the export of its high quality and organically-cultivated tobacco to China, home to 350 million smokers, the world's largest.

India drought expected, sowing of Kharif crops delayed by weak monsoon;

Date：Jun. 18, 2019 Category：Markets

The monsoon, which has entered a prolonged lull phase, might revive by next week, weather officials have said. So far, rainfall has been almost 42 per cent less...

Coromadel get GPCB permission to open its Sarigam facility

Date：Jun. 17, 2019 Category：Companies

Coromandel International Limited

Coromandel International said Saturday that Gujarat State Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has allowed the company to open its facility at Sarigam in Gujarat.

PI Industries and Harsha Trust extend project with Fiinovation for sustainable agricultural practises

Date：Jun. 4, 2019 Category：Markets

PI Industries, a leading agri-sciences based company, along with Innovative Financial Advisors Pvt. Ltd. (Fiinovation) and Harsha Trust, a not-for-profit organ...

Insecticides (India) to invest Rs 15 cr in export oriented unit in Gujarat India

Date：May. 31, 2019 Category：Companies

Agrochemicals company Insecticides (India) is setting up an Export Oriented Unit (EOU) in Dahej, Gujarat, which is expected to be operational by the end of this...

CropLife India reaches out to 100 plus pesticide dealers in Bharuch

Date：May. 23, 2019 Category：Markets

CropLife India, an association of 18 R & D driven member companies, yesterday, organized a one of its kind, a workshop for pesticide dealers at Bharuch. The wor...

PI Industries standalone net profit rises 18.03% in the March 2019 quarter

Date：May. 20, 2019 Category：Companies

PI Industries Ltd

Net profit of PI Industries rose 18.03% to Rs 124.40 crore in the quarter ended March 2019 as against Rs 105.40 crore during the previous quarter ended March 20...

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