Over 100-year-old cooperative society transforming lives of farmers in PunjabA century-old cooperative in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district is empowering farmers with loans, equipment rentals, and ultra-low-cost biogas. T...
06 Jun, 2026, 05.21 PM IST
Unclaimed bank deposits of Rs 72,454 crore lying with DEA Fund: MoS FinanceOver Rs 72,000 crore in unclaimed bank deposits are held by the RBI's DEA Fund by January 2026. Steps are being taken to help people find t...
10 Feb, 2026, 09.58 PM IST
RBI allows bank loans to NCDC to be counted as priority sector lendingBanks lending to the National Cooperative Development Corporation will gain priority sector status from January 19, 2026. This move aims to...
10 Feb, 2026, 05.14 PM IST
No linkage between COVID-19 vaccine and sudden deaths: Union Health MinistryAccording to a press release by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the matter of sudden unexplained deaths has been investiga...
02 Jul, 2025, 10.07 AM IST
Increase minimum selling price of sugar to Rs 42/kg, says industry body NFCSFThe National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories (NFCSF), representing co-operative sugar mills in India, has requested the central g...
14 Jun, 2024, 08.05 PM IST
Sputnik V more effective on 'Delta' COVID-19 variant than any other vaccine: RDIFTaking to Twitter, the official handle of the Russian vaccine affirmed that Sputnik V's efficacy is better on the Delta variant than any ot...
15 Jun, 2021, 07.13 PM IST
Pandemic moving eastwards, says Union Health Ministry; reviews situation with 5 statesFive critical areas of action were discussed for addressing the needs and challenges of the recent phase of the COVID 19 pandemic in these ...
05 May, 2021, 10.10 PM IST
Set up more private centres before vaccination of people in 18-45 age group begins: Centre to statesAhead of the roll-out of vaccination of people aged between 18 and 45 from May 1, the Centre on Saturday asked states to register additiona...
24 Apr, 2021, 06.04 PM IST
Deutsche Bank to lend Rs 600 crore to NCDCAgriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar, who presided over the ceremony, said that association with the German bank will go a long way in...
13 Apr, 2021, 07.20 PM IST
'Balanced and positive': Business leaders rate Sitharaman's 3rd Budget, many feel it ticks most of the right boxesHere is a compilation of reactions - some welcoming the changes and some disappointed.
02 Feb, 2021, 06.13 PM IST
Avoid cash fines for COVID-19 norms violation, HC tells AAP govt; alarmed at 2K deaths in NovOn the Delhi government's decision to bring down the number of attendees at weddings to 50, the high court asked as to how the rule was bei...
26 Nov, 2020, 08.30 PM IST
Meghalaya government launches Piggery Mission worth Rs 200 croreMeghalaya government launched Piggery Mission with an outlay of Rs 200 Crore. The mission will reduce the annual import of pork worth Rs 15...
10 Sep, 2020, 07.53 PM IST
View: As the politicians took over, time-tested public health principles took a back seatIn the chronic underinvestment and neglect of public health in this country. India has one of the lowest allocations to health among all th...
04 Aug, 2020, 10.52 AM IST
High-level team deployed at Bihar's Muzaffarpur to set up state-of-the-art research centreThe health minister reviewed the situation at a high-level meeting which was attended by senior officers of the Health Ministry, Indian Cou...
17 Jun, 2019, 10.01 PM IST
National Action Plan on Dairy requires Rs 51,077 crore, says minister Radha Mohan SinghThe National Action Plan on Dairy Development 2022 seeks to increase milk production and double the income of dairy farmers.
13 Sep, 2018, 09.34 PM IST
CCEA gives nod to Rs 10,881-cr dairy processing & infrastructure fundUnder the DIDF, loan will be provided at an interest rate of 6.5 per cent per annum with a repayment period of 10 years with initial two ye...
12 Sep, 2017, 09.18 PM IST
Spend 30% of agri-fund on women farmers: Centre to statesSingh also emphasised that there is a need to set up more women cooperatives in the country as at present they are only 20,014 out of the t...
08 Mar, 2017, 08.21 PM IST