The government should look at strengthening farm to factory practices in the cotton sector and adopt a multi-pronged strategy to build export-ready ecosystems and align cotton production with India’s $100 billion textile export target by 2030, according to a knowledge paper ‘Cotton 2040: Technology, Climate and Competitiveness’ released by the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry. […]
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The Laghu Udyog Bharati – Gujarat has sought a reduction of GST from 18% to 5% for submersible pumps. The Association said the more than 90% of submersible pumps (HSN: 84137010) are used in the agricultural sector for irrigation and drinking water supply. The GST Council has considered these pumps under industrial-use classification. But, submersible […]
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Area under sugarcane for the sugar marketing season that will commence on October 1, 2025 is estimated to be 57.24 lakh hectare in late June 2025 compared with 57.11 lakh hectare last season. The Indian Sugar and Bio-energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) said in a press release that in Maharashtra, the cane area had increased to […]
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The textile industry, which is the main consumer of cotton, has welcomed the decision of the Central government to postpone implementation of Quality Control Order on cotton bales. | Photo Credit: S_HARPALSINGH The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has postponed the implementation of Quality Control Order on cotton bales to August 2026 from August this […]
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CRI Solar, a division of Coimbatore-based CRI Pumps, has bagged orders from the Maharashtra Energy Development Agency (MEDA), Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA) and Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) to instal and commission 6,894 solar pumping systems, cumulatively valued at ₹210 crore. A press release from CRI said project deployment will commence in accordance […]
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Michael at Burundi in South Africa | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Michael Angelo Zervos, a film director and producer from the US, plans to visit 195 countries in 554 days and set a new Guinness World Record. In every country, he asks people he meets one simple question — what is the happiest moment of your life? “Someone here in Coimbatore can learn about what […]
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Tubers in myriad shapes, colours and size fill up every available space at Omalloor Krishi Vaibhavam market, just behind the panchayat office at Omalloor, about five kilometres from Pathanamthitta. It spills out of shops into sidewalks, alleys and streets. I seek the help of Gopalakrishnan, manning one of the outlets, to identify some of the tubers. The abundance […]
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KK Vijayan tending the sunflower plants | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT As the late afternoon sun beats down mercilessly, KK Vijayan’s sunflowers present a mostly happy picture. “Though called sunflowers, these cannot take too much heat. I doubt if they will flourish in peak summer,” he says as he shows around the 50 cent pocket […]
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The challenge for policy-makers in India is how to be creative about our own problems given our strengths. Pulapre Balakrishnan has written a highly readable and insightful take on the story of India’s growth and development since independence from British colonial rule. Though this story has been told many times, in India’s Economy from Nehru […]
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