India

India Had Driest June In Five Years, Fears For Crops

India had its driest June in five years because monsoon rains were delayed, the weather department said late on Sunday, raising fears for crops and th...

Monsoon Covers Most Cane, Cotton, Soybean Fields in India

Monsoon rains have covered most parts of cane, cotton, and soybean fields in western India and some parts of rice-sowing areas in central and northern Indi...

Summer Crop Sowing Lags In India On Slow Monsoon Progress

Planting of summer-sown crops in India such as soybean, cotton, rice and corn has been delayed by at least two weeks because of the slow progress...

Moody's Revises Outlook For Global Beverage Industry To Positive

Moody's has revised its outlook for the global beverages industry from stable to positive, saying that beverage firms' are likely to see a 'healthy' increa...

Indian Sugar Mills Owe Record $4.38bn To Cane Growers

India's money-losing sugar mills have run up a record $4.38 billion (€3.89 billion) in arrears to 50 million cane farmers, who have gone unpaid for th...

India To Crack Down On Sugar Sales Below Floor Price: Document

The Indian government has asked regional cane commissioners to take action against sugar mills selling sugar below a government-mandated price, a letter se...

India's Palm Oil Imports Could Jump To Record As Prices Fall

India's palm oil imports in 2018/19 are likely to jump a tenth from a year earlier to a record high, as a sharp fall in the prices made the tropical oil mo...

SIG Combibloc Announces Plan To Enter Indian Market

Swiss packaging company SIG Combibloc has announced that it will enter the Indian market by offering packaging solutions to Kandhari Beverages for its...