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- Alstom T&D Q1 net profit up 28% at Rs 23 croreAlstom T&D India, an arm of French firm Alstom, today posted a 28 per cent growth in net profit for the June 30 quarter at Rs 23 crore.
- FoodMin officials brief Rangarajan committee on sugar decontrolThe expert committee, appointed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on sugar decontrol, was today given a detail presentation on different asp...
- Government to focus on raising vegetable output to contain price hikeGovernment today said it will focus on addressing the issue by bringing more area under horticulture as well as raising productivity levels.
- Food security needs to be central to agri agenda: Sec'yFood security should be at the core of country's farm agenda as feeding the growing population with scarce resources is a big challenge, Un...
- Government gets proposals of Rs 8,500 crore under small farmers policyAgriculture Ministry has received investment proposals worth Rs 8,500 crore from firms like Adani and ITC under small farmers policy.
- India may produce record over 86 mn tonnes of wheat: Sharad PawarCabinet may soon decide on raising the MSP of rabi crops, including wheat, in the next few days, he said.
- India needs modern storage to sustain food bill proposalsFood minister KV Thomas said that country needs modern storage facilities like China to sustain the implementation of new food bill provisi...
- Rains forecast not a dampener;Govt aims 245mt foodgrain outputThe government aims to achieve an all-time high of 245 million tonnes (MT) of foodgrain production in 2011-12 crop year.
- Monsoon so far good, to encourage farm output: RBIThe Reserve Bank on Thursday said the progress of southwest monsoon has been "satisfactory" so far and will help boost farm output in the 2...
- Wheat output may climb to record high for fourth yrWheat production in India, the second-biggest grower, may advance 6.4% to a record for a fourth year after favourable weather and high pric...
- Rains so far good; will help produce 102mn tons of rice: BasuBuoyed by initial progress of monsoon, the government expects to achieve a record rice production of 102 million tonnes in the 2011-12 crop...
- Centre needs to revamp farm statistics gathering processAn expert panel headed by Prof A Vaidyanathan has said that the Centre needs to urgently revamp its farm statistics gathering process.
- India may see record foodgrains output in 2010-11: BasuIndia may witness record foodgrains production in the 2010-11 crop year, surpassing the previous high of 234.47 million tonnes seen in 2008...
- 'Onion prices to come down in 7-10 days on new crop arrivals'Onion prices are likely to fall in the next 7-10 days with the arrival of new crops, says a top government official.
- Rice production may fall short of 100 mn tonne target: OfficialIndia's rice production is likely to fall short of the targetted 100 million tonnes in 2010-11 crop year.
- Kharif pulses production may go up by 1 mn tonne: ReportPulses production in the kharif season of the current crop year is likely to go up by upto one mn tonne to around 5.3 mn tonnes on higher a...
- Govt to give subsidy on non-certified hybrid rice seedsTo boost rice production, the government has decided to give a subsidy on hybrid seeds that are not certified but are truthfully labelled, ...
- Through the third eyeThe shunting out of NSA M K Narayanan to the West Bengal Raj Bhavan has jolted home minister P Chidambaram's Congress/ BJP detractors.
- Basu pushed land reforms but left Bengal as industrial wastelandDespite hailing from a party seeped in dogmatism, he was credited with running a coalition through consensus politics.
- CPIM sought Article 356 to remove Kalyan Singh govtCPIM wanted imposition of Article 356 to remove the then Kalyan Singh government in UP to protect the Babri Masjid.
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