Tag: #Decline

Agriculture

India’s jaggery exports decline to $46.67 million in 2025-26 from previous year

India’s jaggery exports were valued at $46.67 million in 2025-26, marginally lower than $49.39 million in the previous year, according to data from the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S) cited by the Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ram...

11 Aug 2026 Chinimandi

Agriculture

Kharif sowing dips 3% to 894 lakh ha despite 81% coverage of normal area

Area sown to kharif crops such as rice has declined by 3 per cent to 894.22 lakh hectares till Julyend this season, even as sowing has been completed in 81 per cent of the normal area, according to Agriculture Ministry data released on Monday.

03 Aug 2026 Cnbctv18

Weather Forecast

Saturday Feeling: Bengal's hilsa is swimming against the tide

For hilsa, a fish that swims upstream from the sea to lay its eggs during the monsoon, any change in climate patterns affects its behaviour, size, spawning, and once it’s on the plate, its taste

25 Jul 2026 Mint

Weather Forecast

Why Bengal's favourite fish hilsa is missing from the nets

The fish with the silvery sheen that arrives with the monsoon is navigating troubled waters as riverine catches decline, and sourcing stretches beyond Bengal. While ‘ilish’ from Myanmar and the Gujarat coast take over local markets, scientists point to stricter regulations to safeguard its future

24 Jul 2026 Mint

Weather Forecast

Kharif sowing still lags 16% on year; Paddy area picks up, still 8% below last year

Surplus monsoon rainfall this month has delayed kharif crop sowing, with a 16% year-on-year decline in area sown, affecting rice, pulses, oilseeds, and cotton, according to the agriculture ministry.

13 Jul 2026 Financial Express , Read To Lead