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Indian Govt allocates ₹16000 crore for Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana for 2021-22

Date：Feb. 12, 2021 Category：Markets

Union government has allocated ₹16,000 crores for Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) for the fiscal year 2021-22 to boost the safety of farmers' crops an...

India ₹1 trillion subsidy planned on fertilizers in next fiscal

Date：Jan. 27, 2021 Category：Markets

The fertilizer department has proposed a subsidy of ₹1 trillion for the next fiscal after having cleared the backlog to producers, which has taken the total su...

Farm bills significant step forward for agriculture reforms in India: IMF

Date：Jan. 19, 2021 Category：Markets

The IMF believes the farm bills passed by the Indian government have the potential to represent a significant step forward for agricultural reforms, but a socia...

Indian agri tailwinds aid input firms but the valuations look pricey

Date：Jan. 5, 2021 Category：Markets

It seems like 2021 may be a blessed year for agri-input firms. But several stocks have already clocked good gains in 2020, and the high base this year could wei...

Dhanuka’s growth prospects remain firm on product launches, market share gains

Date：Dec. 30, 2020 Category：Companies

Dhanuka Agritech Ltd.

While a good monsoon buoyed prospects of agrochemical companies, regular product launches and market share gains have sustained investor confidence for by Dhanu...

Indian agrochemicals maker Anupam Rasayan to raise ₹760 cr through IPO

Date：Dec. 25, 2020 Category：Companies

Anupam Rasayan India Ltd has filed a draft red herring prospectus with the Securities Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to raise ₹760 crore through an initial pub...

Cisco along with govt launches competition to attract Indian agri-tech start ups

Date：Dec. 24, 2020 Category：Companies

Cisco and The/Nudge Centre for Social Innovation, in association with the Government of India, has announced the 'Cisco Agri Challenge' to discover ground-break...

High base notwithstanding, Indian agrochemical companies' growth prospects remain firm

Date：Dec. 21, 2020 Category：Markets

The agrochemical industry has had a fairly good run so far led by normal monsoons and remunerative prices, all of which have resulted in acceleration of agricul...

PI Industries overtakes UPL as biggest agrochemical stock in India

Date：Dec. 4, 2020 Category：Companies

PI Industries Ltd

Niche product businesses typically command strong investor confidence. PI Industries Ltd, the niche player in the agrochemicals custom synthesis and manufactu...

Diversify from agrochemicals, PI Industries pivot to pharma

Date：Sep. 9, 2020 Category：Companies

PI Industries earns the bulk of its revenue from the agrochemical business. However, in the past three to four years, the company began to look at diversifying ...

The illusion of a revival in Indian agricultural sector

Date：Aug. 17, 2020 Category：Markets

Agriculture has stood out, with high growth in the last two years, when most other sectors and the broader economy were slowing down. The sector grew 4% last ye...

CBIC asks Customs officials to check warehouses for hazardous substances

Date：Aug. 7, 2020 Category：Markets

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has asked Customs officials to comb through all warehouses to see if any explosive material is stored and...

IIT Kharagpur develops weather forecast system to help Indian farmers

Date：Jul. 20, 2020 Category：Markets

Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have developed an advanced weather forecast system to help farmers in agricultural activities and reduce climatic risks, an officia...

Healthy rains, better crop acreage drive earnings upgrades of India agrochemical firms

Date：Jul. 9, 2020 Category：Markets

Earnings upgrades are rare in a covid-19 ravaged economy. But thanks to better monsoon rains and healthy farm sentiments, agrochemical companies are seeing upwa...

Pesticide ban proposal stirs up a hornets’ nest

Date：Jun. 30, 2020 Category：Markets

On last Thursday, the Association for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture (ASHA), a farm policy advocacy group, wrote to the secretary at the ministry of chemi...

Agriculture ministry proposal to ban 27 pesticides faces resistance

Date：Jun. 29, 2020 Category：Markets

An agriculture ministry proposal to ban a set of widely used pesticides has kicked up a storm, with the chemicals ministry opposing the ban, and advocacy groups...

Softer input cost, good start to kharif season boost Dhanuka Agritech prospects

Date：Jun. 12, 2020 Category：Markets

Shares of Dhanuka Agritech Ltd were up 2.8% in Thursday's trade after the company reported strong performance for the March quarter and guided for double digit ...

UPL looking to raise $500 million though dollar bond issuance

Date：Jun. 9, 2020 Category：Companies

UPL Limited

Agrochemicals major UPL Ltd is planning to raise $500 million through a dollar bond issuance, which will make it the first Indian private sector firm to tap the...

Locust attack may be beneficial for agrochemical companies in India

Date：May. 28, 2020 Category：Markets

Locust attack in India has triggered concerns over the Indian agriculture sector in the financial year 2021, even as challenges to tackle covid-19 related issue...

Bayer CropScience: Strong Q4, Monsanto India merger drive earnings expectations

Date：May. 27, 2020 Category：Companies

Bayer CropScience Ltda.

Bayer CropScience Ltd impressed the Street with strong performance for the March quarter (Q4). The stock gained 11% in Tuesday afternoon trade, hitting new 52-w...

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