Bende and other cotton farmers in Maharashtra say that with new harvest season coming up dipping cotton prices are leaving them impoverished.

Last month, the Central Government decided to remove the 11 per cent import duty on cotton to support the domestic garment ...

Heavy rains in August and September have wreaked havoc across Maharashtra, damaging standing crops on nearly 17.85 lakh ...

India's cotton stocks for 2025-26 season at 60.59 lakh bales, highest in five years, with increased imports and duty removal.

The Maharashtra government's plan to provide financial aid to rain-hit farmers by Dussehra is underway, impacting 19.5 lakh ...

MUMBAI, June 25 (Reuters) - Sowing of soybean, cotton and kharif pulses has accelerated in the state of Maharashtra after a good spell of rains in the last fortnight, a senior state government ...

India’s cotton production is projected to fall to 312.40 lakh bales in the 2024-25 season ending 30 September, according to ...

In comparison to their counterparts in the US and Europe, Indian farmers get very little to no support from the government ...

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha urged Prime Minister Modi to retract a notification abolishing the cotton import duty, reinstating ...

Maharashtra faces extensive agricultural losses due to heavy rainfall, affecting crops on 14.44 lakh hectares across 29 ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Two Indian states have asked cotton farmers to step up pesticide sprays to ward off potential harmful bug attacks as dry weather conditions in some parts of the country risk ...