India's national agriculture policy is 20 years old and its response to farm crisis continues to be ad hoc, primarily focused on letting private players provide infrastructure and better remuneration to farmers who have consistently failed to deliver

Measures such as creation of farm gate infrastructure may have impact in the medium-to-long-term

Shares of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation (DHFL) gained nearly 9% intraday on Wednesday, ahead of the company's meeting with its lenders to discuss the draft resolution plan.

Shares of Kaveri Seeds surged 5.20% on both the exchanges on Wednesday, after the board of directors of the company approved share buyback plan. The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 24 September 2019.

Prices have been reduced from Rs 930 for a 450-gram packet of cotton hybrid seeds five years ago to Rs 730 last year, leaving little differentiation between good and bad seeds.

Agribusiness companies recorded the highest gains in market cap, thanks to government policies. But the sector still faces challenges.

The dispute sparked a series of government actions that prompted the world's biggest seed company to withdraw from some businesses in India, one of the world's most important seed markets.

As agricultural tax proposals are now a political hot potato, farm incomes need to be examined and rationalised

Kaveri Seed is engaged in the production, processing and marketing of hybrid seeds. It owns over 600 acres of farm land. The stock closed 8.52 percent or 36.55 points lower at Rs 392 level on the BSE.

A new generation of farms promises to shape the food that top-end restaurants dish out

Jain Irrigation Systems soared 7.13 per cent, PI Industries surged 5.5 per cent, Kaveri Seed Company (4.28 per cent), Monsanto India (3.24 per cent) and Rallis India (2.46 per cent) on BSE.

The whitefly attack on the Bt cotton variety in Punjab and Haryana was the first major infestation since India adopted transgenic cotton in 2002. It has stoked worries over the vulnerability of the GM seeds that yield nearly all of the cotton in the world's top producer.

One of the largest producers of cotton seeds, including hybrid variants, the firm caters to 15 Indian states. And, innovation has been key to its success.

Tata Motors fell the most among Sensex stocks by dropping 1.84 per cent despite the firm reported a 6 per cent rise in total sales in June, followed by Hindalco at 1.72 per cent.

G.V. Bhaskar Rao, CEO & Chairman of Kaveri Seeds, speaks to Business Today about the factors that propelled the growth of the company, and the prospects for hybrid seeds going forward.

PVR has continued to expand at a rapid clip over the past few years. Earlier this year, it announced its second acquisition, of DT Cinemas from property developer DLF for about Rs 500 crore.

Staying close to its farmer-consumer, anticipating demand and taking risks to provide for it, are the hallmarks of G.V. Bhaskar Rao-led company.

The third edition of Business Today's Emerging Companies survey has found a dazzling array of companies rocketing up the growth curve, in sectors as diverse as hybrid seeds to feed for shrimps.

Godrej Agrovet now has 34 facilities compared with 56 four years ago while its capacity has increased to 1.8 million tonne from one million tonne. Last year itself, the company raised the capacity by 3.5 lakh tonne.

Until 10 years ago - its revenue then was around Rs 65 crore against Rs 634.34 crore in 2014/15 - a sizeable portion of its business came from the telecom sector, both government and private makers of wireless communication equipment.