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India's Cotton Yield Fell From 566 kg to Under 450 Since 2013. Kaala Cotton Isn't Grown Where That Drop Hurts Most.

September 27, 2026

India's cotton yield peaked at 566 kilograms of lint a hectare in 2013-14 and has since fallen back under 450, even as the Cotton A...

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57.7% of India's Plant-Variety Certificates Are Cereals. Its $4.45 Billion Spice Trade Has 151.

September 17, 2026

India's Plant Variety Authority has issued 10,885 certificates as of 31 August 2026, and 57.7% of them are cereals — the crop group ...

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India's Draft Seeds Bill Cuts States' Committee Seats From 22 to 5. That's the Provision Farmer Groups Are Actually Fighting.

September 10, 2026

India's draft Seeds Bill, 2025 would replace a 60-year-old law and restructure the committee that governs seed regulation nationall...

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Umashankar Triplicane Dwarakanathan
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Data-led analysis of India's trade, currency and industrial policy. Every article is built from primary official sources, and every figure links back to the release, table or filing it came from.

Sources. DGCI&S TradeStat (imports/exports, HSN-wise) · PIB (government press releases, January 2017 to today, refreshed daily) · RBI (circulars, balance of payments) · MoSPI (CPI/WPI, IIP) · PARIVESH (environmental clearances) · CCIL (bond yields) · BIS (policy rates) · SEBI, NSE/BSE and SEC filings for company data.

Interpretation. Figures carry their vintage and retrieval date; estimates and press-reported numbers are labelled as such; where sources disagree, both are shown. Corrections are made visibly, never silently. Articles are written with AI assistance from the cited sources — AI-generated text can misstate figures even when working from real material, so verify any number that matters to a decision against the linked primary source.

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