India is the world's second-largest consumer and number one vegetable oil importer, and it meets about 60 per cent of its needs through imports. A large part of it is palm oil and its derivatives, which are imported from Indonesia and Malaysia.
India's Kharif crop sowing is progressing steadily, with farmers planting crops across 1,087.33 lakh hectares so far, a 1.91 per cent increase, as against 1,066.89 lakh hectares from the same period last year.
New Delhi [India], August 28: Energizer and Assurance Intl Limited have collaborated on a new line of automotive oil that will be sourced, manufactured, and distributed in India to complement the existing STP product portfolio in multiple territories and countries. Expected to launch later t
The exchange took place in the presence of prominent officials including R. Uday Kumar, Executive Director (Lubes) of IOCL, U. Sridhar, CGM (Works) I/c of RINL, VV Somaraju, GM (MM) & in-charge HOD, MM, RINL, R. Sundara Narayanan, CGM (Lubes), TAPSO, IOCL, NVS Murthy, GM (Lubes), TAPSO,
In addition to increased production, the overall coal dispatch has also seen a notable rise. As of August 25, 2024, the cumulative coal dispatch for FY 2024-25 stood at 397.06 MT, reflecting a 5.48 per cent increase from the 376.44 MT dispatched during the corresponding period last year.
Farmers in India have sown Kharif crops across 979.89 lakh hectares so far this year, as against 966.40 lakh hectares in the same period of last year, according to the latest data from the Agriculture Ministry.
Among the field crops, seeds of various cereals including millets, forage crops, oilseeds, pulses, sugarcane, cotton, fibre and other potential crops were released. Among the horticultural crops, different varieties of fruits, vegetable crops, plantation crops, tuber crops, spices, flower
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 9: Ghodawat Consumer, the Rs 1,600 crore FMCG arm of the Sanjay Ghodawat Group, officially announces the association of Padma Shri and National Film Award-winning actress Raveena Tandon as the Brand Ambassador for its "Star Brand" Refined Oil. This signif
The salient features of the amendments proposed in the said Bill, introduced in the Upper House today, are delinking petroleum operations from mining operations; broadening the scope of the expression 'mineral oils'; introducing the concept of "petroleum lease"; and granting lease on stable
Commodity-wise, paddy, pulses, oilseeds, millets, and sugarcane sowing have been higher year-on-year. Sowing for cotton and jute/mesta has, on the other side, declined.