GST will help lower food inflation by 2 per cent: Radhamohan SinghUnder the GST, agriculture produce from foodgrains, oilseeds, fruits and vegetables, milk, spices, fish, meat, and sugarcane will attract z...
25 May, 2017, 12.50 AM IST
No assurance from Centre on farm loan waiver for Tamil Nadu farmersResponding to the demands of crop loan waiver raised by opposition parties including the Left and the Congress, Sitharaman told Rajya Sabha...
29 Mar, 2017, 12.55 PM IST
PM has set target to double farmers' income by 2022: Radhamohan SinghHe said the previous dispensation "shamed" the nation by getting involved in one scam after another, because of which country suffered loss...
03 Jun, 2016, 09.56 PM IST
BJP to clip clout of ministers, ex-BJP CMs in statesWorried that too many cooks could spoil the broth, BJP president Amit Shah has fixed a ceiling of 13 members in each of the party’s core un...
08 Apr, 2016, 08.45 AM IST
Government eyes 'zero import' after record urea outputEarlier in the day, PM Narendra Modi had said at a gathering in Belgium that unlike the past, this year he did not get any letter from chie...
01 Apr, 2016, 12.50 PM IST
Agriculture output abysmally low in Odisha, says Union minister Radhamohan SinghOn allegations of suicide of farmers in the state which was hit by drought, Singh said he would discuss the matter with the state Governmen...
21 Feb, 2016, 01.01 AM IST
Drought-hit farmers not getting sanctioned financial aid: Shiv SenaShiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray today said drought-affected farmers were not getting the sanctioned financial assistance.
01 Dec, 2015, 03.28 PM IST
Congress describes Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis' Marathwada tour as 'farce'Talking to reporters today, Maharashtra state Congress president Ashok Chavan said that Fadnavis should have toured the drought-hit region ...
31 Aug, 2015, 08.22 PM IST
Stock limit to keep prices of kitchen items like onion, potato, pulses in checkHectic deliberations have been held in past couple of days among departments on steps to be taken in storing onion and potato in advance an...
04 Jun, 2015, 10.44 AM IST
Farmers to get subsidy direct in bank account: Radhamohan SinghThe minister said that the effort was to remove middlemen in transfer of subsidy for purchase of farm equipment on the lines the government...
10 Apr, 2015, 10.07 PM IST
No question of going back on ordinances, let Parliament decide: M Venkaiah NaiduNaidu said that the government as it declared yesterday, is "open for meaningful suggestions" but stressed "as far as the main purpose of t...
26 Feb, 2015, 07.12 PM IST
BJP slams UP government over Shankhlal Majhi's remark on PCPNDT ActBJP member Radhamohan Das Agarwal then asked the minister whether the UP government had taken any initiative if it considered the Act "flex...
25 Feb, 2015, 05.18 PM IST
BJP president Amit Shah on 2-day Bihar visit from tomorrowAmit Shah is arriving in Bihar tomorrow to rejuvenate the party workers to take on the combined might of Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar.
22 Jan, 2015, 08.56 PM IST
Ban on loose cigarette sale: Health Minister JP Nadda urged to resolve issuesThe proposal of banning the sale of loose cigarettes is likely to be put on the backburner as some Ministers have urged Health Minister JP ...
03 Dec, 2014, 07.07 PM IST
Government mulls potato import in case prices spikeThis is one of the contingency plans that the Centre is preparing to deal with an awkward situation in case the delayed and weak monsoon po...
05 Jul, 2014, 12.53 PM IST
No role of Baba Ramdev in party's ticket distribution: BJPOf late, there were reports in a section of the media that Ramdev wanted some of his chosen favourites to be fielded by the party in the Lo...
19 Mar, 2014, 03.45 PM IST
- Bracing for life beyond JD(U), BJP searches new Bihar chief
Discussions are on in BJP to select its next Bihar unit chief who can help steer the party's boat in the event of JD(U) walking out of the ...
08 Jan, 2013, 06.44 PM IST