Deepak Chavan

Independent Market Analyst

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Data centres took 29 per cent of private equity inflows into Indian real estate in April to September 2026 (H1 FY27), up sharply from just 4 per cent in FY26.

Source: FICCI and Anarock, The Changing Landscape of Real Estate Investment in India, October 2026

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A 1 per cent shortfall in monsoon rain cuts India's farm growth by about 0.40 per cent on average, according to an RBI study. The study uses data from 1994-95 to 2025-26.

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The EU will bar textile goods without verified farm-to-spinning traceability from 2027. From 2028, every garment sold there needs a QR-linked passport with fibre and recycled-content data. For India, traceability now starts at the farm.
Source: FICCI-Wazir report

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India makes about 85 per cent of its urea at home. But natural gas is up to 70 per cent of urea's cost, and 85 per cent of that gas is imported. Our urea self-sufficiency is mostly imported gas in a bag.
Source: NAAS

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Nagarjuna Sagar live storage at 0.161 BCM, just 3.15 per cent of live capacity at FRL, against 96.53 per cent last year and a normal of 41.30 per cent. Telangana's eight monitored reservoirs are 54.98 per cent below normal.

Source: CWC bulletin, 6 August 2026

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After a mid-July dip, India's kharif crops have shown a sharp recovery in early August. NDVI is now close to the 2013–2025 average, as per USDA GLAM satellite data.

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"FCI rice supplied 24.64 per cent of ethanol in 2025-26 while the maize share fell to 35.96 per cent" https://t.co/LHFDGA2jYt

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BIS Bulletin 130: the AI boom is moving national income. Chip exporters gained terms of trade; data centre builders paid more. In Korea five firms supplied 43% of export earnings.

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The share of maize in ethanol production was 0 percent in ESY 2021/22, which has increased to around 37 percent in ESY 2025/26.

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India's largest ethanol producer by installed capacity reported Q1 FY27 profit after tax of Rs 59.27 crore, with capacity utilisation at 60.57 per cent. Full numbers from the filing:

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Arhar sowing as on 24 July is 31.17 lakh hectares, down 11.6 per cent on last year's 35.27, and 70 per cent of the full season normal of 44.32.

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The Government should place in Parliament the average maize procurement price paid by ethanol companies and the average ethanol realization for the first half of the current ESY. This will give the market a clearer picture of ethanol.
ESY: Nov 2026 - Oct 2027
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India is putting more #ethanol into its petrol this year. It is also using less petrol overall. Together, that takes the blend up to 23.4 per cent, says the #USDA.

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Wheat export prices are up 21.9 percent year on year as Black Sea risks build, per AMIS (FAO). Our new AMIS World Food Market Tracker follows all four world staples weekly. Full boards with sources on Agavart. #FoodSecurity