Prime Minister Modi urged states to target zero poverty and emphasized collaboration to make India developed by 2047. He proposed creating ...

Budget Expectations for agriculture: The share of agriculture in India's economy has declined to less than 15%, yet it remains crucial due ...

Yes, there is a slowdown. But it does not amount to a crisis. That word has been seriously overused.

They mostly started as labourers for big cultivators, but growing crops locals tend to avoid yielded rich results

The MFI has squeezed its loan share to 24% in Uttar Pradesh nd less than 10% in Madhya Pradesh. Before 2017, about 40% of Satin's business ...

The Committee on Doubling Farmers' Income said that to boost farmers' real income an additional Rs 617 billion of private investment by 202...

Bank of America-Merril Lynch today said delayed Fed action will only harm India as a postponement will stall portfolio inflows and prolong ...

"In Punjab alone, farmers are under heavy debt to the tune of Rs 30,000 crore. If the Swaminathan formula is not implemented, there could b...

Migrants are often given the toughest, most hazardous jobs: work on construction sites, clearing waste or working as lowly-paid domestic he...

The BJP makes big gains, but not enough. The Congress loses big time, but a web of alliance possibilities offers it a safety net.

The growth rate for Bihar for 2010-11 is projected at 10.05 per cent, a marginal fall from 11.70 per cent during the corresponding period p...

It would be futile trying to combat Maoism by use of force alone.

The company plans to increase cement grinding capacity from the current 0.3 million ton-nes per annum (mtpa) to 10 mtpa, foray into steel m...

India may soon become a major foodgrain importer if the government does not initiate immediate steps to boost farm output.

"If we take today's level, then that situation will emerge by 2020 where India will be a major importer," union agriculture and food minist...

The Krishi Rasayan group, agro-chemicals major, is diversifying into the setting up of information technology (IT) parks.

The last 15 years have been an eventful period for the world. It saw the collapse of the Soviet Union, globalisation, a telecom-IT revoluti...