Cereals

Fishing accounted for 7 percent of the country’s output, up from 4.2 percent a decade ago

Foods high in vitamin D3: Plan your daily diet around these foods to boost bone health, immunity

Best vitamin D3 rich foods: Fatty fish like salmon, mackerel, and sardines, along with cod liver oil, are some of the best natural sources of this essential vitamin.

This inflation is all lemons and mangoes: Prices of only 60 items drop even as CPI declines to 59-month low

In July, the 60 items witnessing a sequential deflation only had a combined weight of 11.2 percent— the lowest in a year. Food and vegetable prices were up.

Superfood breakfast ideas: Top 5 high-fibre cereals for gut health

High-fibre breakfast foods: By starting your day with a fibre-rich breakfast, you can support your digestive system, promote regularity, and feed the beneficial bacteria in your gut. 

More smartphones than cereals: A story of India’s changing exports

Smartphones are within a touching distance of replacing vehicles as one of India’s top exports

Spatial spread of monsoon needs to correct for food inflation to cool, say economists

Rajasthan pulses sowing down 4 percent from normal, rice sowing lowest in UP compared with normal, according to agriculture ministry data

Share of fishing doubles in India's agri output while cereals decline: MoSPI

Fruits and vegetables now account for a larger share of output than cereals

Rural India’s monthly per capita cereal consumption fell below 10 kgs in 2022-23

While in Urban India, consumption of cereals declined to 8.05 kgs in 2022-23 from 9.32 kgs in 2011-12, in rural households it decreased to 9.61 kgs in from 11.23 kgs during the same period, according to a detailed report on Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on June 7.

Cereal shortages may further fuel India’s inflation, HSBC says

The widespread cereal shortages in India could drive inflation higher in Asia’s third largest economy, even as the vegetable price shock is set to ease in the coming months, according to HSBC Holdings Plc.

Confusion over cereals index of CPI caused by free foodgrain provision under PDS

The Consumer Price Index data for January has caused confusion among economists, who see a divergence in the official index for cereals and that computed using the category's individual components

What’s fuelling the popularity of breakfast cereals in India?

Rising health consciousness, emergence of new categories like oats and muesli, and new channels like e-commerce have led to the wider adoption of breakfast cereals in the country. According to one estimate, the market is set to touch Rs 4,010 crore in 2022 from Rs 3,495 crore in 2021.

India inflation likely hit five month high in September on food prices

Fueled by erratic rainfall and supply shocks from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, prices of daily consumables like cereals and vegetables which form the largest category in the inflation basket have climbed over the past two years.

Memes apart, the breakfast cereals market in India is still growing

A recently viral meme said that Kellogg’s resorted to selling traditional Indian fare such as upma, unable to make a success of its mainstay corn flakes. However, there are plenty of takers for cereals in the country and the category has doubled its growth rate in the wake of the pandemic, say industry experts.

Watch | Why is monsoon so important for India’s economy?

The monsoon is critical to replenish 81 reservoirs necessary for power generation, irrigation and drinking

Uflex Consolidated Net Profit Grows 22 Percent in the Fourth Quarter

India's largest multinational flexible packaging materials and Solution Company Uflex Limited has reported a 22% rise in consolidated net profit for Q4 FY 2016-17 as compared to the same period in the previous fiscal.

World food prices edge higher in February: FAO

The Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) food price index, which measures monthly changes for a basket of cereals, oilseeds, dairy products, meat and sugar, averaged 175.5 points in February, up 0.5 percent on January levels.

Nestle looks to diversify into premium coffee, cereals

Out of Maggi crisis, FMCG firm Nestle India, is looking to diversify into new segments like premium coffee business, pet care, skin health and cereals while it looks at 2017 as a "year of aggression".

GST exemption list likely to include 80 items (poha one of them)

According to a Business Standard report, about 80 items are likely to make it to the exemption list. This includes grains, green coconut, poha, unprocessed green tea leaves, and non-mineral water.

Cost of demonetisation: FY17 GDP to take 40 bps hit, says Icra

"Second quarter corporate earnings suggest that net income growth continues to outpace revenue. Nevertheless, given the lagged effect of a rise in commodity prices amid modest demand and an unfavourable base effect, real manufacturing GVA growth is likely to decline to 7 percent in the second quarter from 9.2 percent."

Terra Greens: A multi-crore oganic food business

An organic foods brand that spans 92 staple products including a variety of cereals, pulses, spices, oils, sweeteners, beverages and even ready-to-cook breakfast mixes.

Cereals inflation cause of worry: India Ratings

Although monsoon is likely to be above normal this year, there was some delay in monsoon showers reaching many parts of the country and that delayed the sowing of the kharif crops.

Pulses racing: Can govt measures bring down tur dal prices?

While rising food inflation driven by pulses has been a never-ending discussion topic in India's macroeconomic policy-making, this time around all hell has broken loose with tur dal prices rising to more than Rs 210

Exports of 10 key agri products in negative zone in July

Cereals, oil meals, oil seeds, fruits and vegetables, marine products, dairy and poultry products too recorded negative growth during the month, according to the Commerce Ministry. In all, 10 out of 13 main agriculture products that are closely monitored by the Commerce Ministry, were in the negative zone in July.

Com Ministry working on export of agri products

Concerned over declining exports, the Commerce Ministry is preparing a strategy paper to boost overseas shipments of agricultural products, particularly the value-added goods.

Foodgrain output revised upward by 2% to 255.36 mn tonne

Country's foodgrain production has been revised upwards by over 5 million tonne to 255.36 million tonne in 2012-13 crop year from earlier estimates on account of higher output of rice, wheat and coarse cereals, according to the data released by the agriculture ministry.