Agro chemicals makers PI Industries Ltd rose nearly 5 percent, Excel Crop Care stock was up 2.74 percent and Monsanto India rose as much as 2.3 percent at 12:04 pm. Jaitley also said minimum support price (MSP) of agricultural commodities will be fixed at at least 150% of input price per farm

Goyal said that India will be part of the global effort to promote serious action on energy conservation and addressing climate change, 'irrespective of what other countries may do'.

Nearly 25 years after ONGC's prime discovered oilfields were privatised, the oil ministry has identified 11 more producing oil and gas fields of the state- run firm for handing over to private firms to raise output.

Energy firms gained on higher crude prices as sentiment was upbeat in domestic and global energy stocks with Brent crude hitting its highest level since July 2015 after Saudi Arabia agreed to support the extension of a global oil production cut agreement. While Reliance Industries gained over 1 percent, the ONGC stock rose up to 4 per cent post its Q2 earnings.

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.

If 2015 was the year of innovations in the hardware space, with fancy gadgets hitting the stores every other day, 2016 promises to showcase what these innovations are capable of.

Salil Singhal of agri products' major PI Industries believes it is important to be the best and not necessarily the biggest.

S Varadarajan, who rose up the ranks from a junior officer to head one of India's leading oil marketing companies, will leave behind a well-oiled legacy when he retires next year.

You would think an average CEO spends a disproportionate amount of time worrying about that fierce archrival! Not really. What about shareholder activism? No way. Then, it must be the quarterly results! Absolutely not.

Made secretly and given names that sometimes resemble the original, counterfeits account for up to 30% of the $4 billion pesticide market, shows the study.

The central government's Make in India initiative and a spurt in interest shown by angel investors and venture capitalists to fund tech hardware start-ups might just give the much-needed boost to the industry.

Those who can stomach market volatility and have a long-term investment horizon may go for these funds.

The focus on Swachh Bharat will greatly benefit the health of our farmers, as also create employment.

Salil Singhal, chairman and managing director of PI Industries has won best CEO award in Chemicals- Mid-Sized Companies category.

Salil Singhal, chairman and managing director, PI Industries talks about the nature of his business, motto of his company and also  its business philosphies and principles.