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India's gold demand to hit 11-year low in Q2 on high price
Rediff.com1 Aug 2020

This was because of the closure of retail shops and factories after the nationwide...

US action against Hong Kong may boost India's jewellery export
Rediff.com27 Jul 2020

After China imposed a national security law on Hong Kong earlier this month, the United...

Vegetable prices plunge by up to 44% in the past three weeks
Rediff.com7 Jul 2020

In most cases, however, retail consumers are paying higher prices in the absence of...

As lockdown eases, demand for milk rises
Rediff.com11 Jun 2020

With the gradual opening up of shops, hotels, restaurants and catering services with...

Post-Covid, govt planning ban on sale of loose edible oil
Rediff.com31 May 2020

Branded and packaged edible oils are currently selling at around 50 per cent premiums...

APMC mandi in Navi Mumbai to go digital to combat coronavirus
Rediff.com16 May 2020

People in the know said plans were afoot to begin the sale of all food grains through...

Vashi market to shut for a week, Mumbai faces vegetable shortage
Rediff.com9 May 2020

The government of Maharashtra decided to shut operations at APMC Vashi mandi between...

Will Mumbai be hit by shortage of essential goods?
Rediff.com7 May 2020

Vashi APMC traders see supplies to Mumbai impacted over movement curbs. A number of...

Even as rabi crop rots in fields farmers prepare for kharif season
Rediff.com19 Apr 2020

Normally, kharif sowing of vegetable seeds starts during the first week of May across...

Desperate, farmers in Nashik sell onions for Rs 3/kg
Rediff.com7 Apr 2020

The model or average price for a kg of onion was Rs 6 on Monday -- the lowest in this...

Poultry farmers in Karnataka, Kerala hit by bird flu
Rediff.com21 Mar 2020

Farmers in the two states have reportedly begun culling chickens, while the state...

Coronavirus fears halt export of buffalo meat
Rediff.com15 Mar 2020

Since 2013-14, buffalo meat had been the largest export item in the agri commodity...

Potato prices jump by 25% due to crop damage, rains
Rediff.com13 Mar 2020

Farmers reported a massive crop damage in transit in addition to huge quantity of the...

Onion prices shoot up as export curbs are lifted
Rediff.com28 Feb 2020

At the benchmark Lasalgaon Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) mandi, the...

Roses to become pricier by 20-25% as demand rises ahead of Valentine's Day
Rediff.com13 Feb 2020

Demand has also jumped from abroad, including the European Union and America.

Valentine's Day: Silver's the NEW shade of love!
Rediff.com10 Feb 2020

Why millennials are choosing silver over gold this Valentine's Day.

Poultry prices decline amid rumours of coronavirus spreading to birds
Rediff.com7 Feb 2020

Since coronavirus broke out in a few cities in China and a couple of cases were spotted...

Onion prices fall 40 pc in a week at Lasalgaon mandi
Rediff.com29 Jan 2020

Data from the Nashik-based National Horticultural Research and Development Foundation...

India facing a bumper wheat crop, shows data
Rediff.com28 Jan 2020

Data compiled by National Collateral Management Services (NCML, a non-government body)...

After Dec's surge, veggie prices dip on rise in arrivals
Rediff.com15 Jan 2020

Prices have continued to move up in Delhi's markets, wholesale and retail, on supply...