Budget 2023 gives Rs 968cr digitisation boost to connect, drive agriculture cooperativesThe total cost for computerisation of PCAS is estimated at Rs 2,516 crore. The scheme aims to computerise PCAS, leading to an increase in i...
02 Feb, 2023, 01.03 AM IST
Budget 2023: Tax incentives to give a leg up to cooperative sectorIn order to promote the growth of manufacturing in cooperative sector, the finance minister said a new cooperative society formed on or aft...
02 Feb, 2023, 12.18 AM IST
HM Amit Shah welcomes 'all-inclusive and visionary budget' budgetIn a series of tweets in Hindi with the hashtag '#AmritKaalBudget', Shah said the target of increasing capital expenditure by 33 per cent t...
01 Feb, 2023, 04.58 PM IST
Govt sets up 47-member panel to draft National Cooperation Policy documentThe new document is being formulated with a view to fulfilling the mandate given to the new ministry of cooperation, which includes realisi...
06 Sep, 2022, 10.31 PM IST
Home Minister Amit Shah launches a broadside against Congress"Today, the co-operative movement in Gujarat is a matter of pride," Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah said. The minister said leaders fr...
30 May, 2022, 12.54 AM IST
View: Agriculture sector can get a booster shot if policy decisions address some current challengesIncreasing cost of cultivation should be addressed by reduction in cost of agrochemicals for farmers. A lower GST rate should be fixed for ...
28 Jan, 2022, 11.24 PM IST
Raw sugar exports rise to 2 million tonnesRising international prices for raw sugar and a recent budget announcement by the Maharashtra government is seen pushing up exports of the ...
21 Mar, 2016, 06.20 AM IST
First-ever special agriculture Budget to be presented in AP tomorrowThe first-ever exclusive agriculture Budget in Andhra Pradesh, in addition to the general Budget, would be presented in the Assembly tomorr...
17 Mar, 2013, 05.04 PM IST
- Power shortage lures investors to biomass in Haryana
With state reeling under acute shortage of power the private players are pushing ahead biomass based power generation projects in Haryana.
07 Aug, 2012, 09.35 PM IST
- Who'll be Sugar industry's Anna Hazare amid decontrol cry?
Parliament's standing committee on food, with 28 MPs from various parties, believes after decontrol mills would stop supplying ration shops.
05 Sep, 2011, 04.12 AM IST
- Demand for more funds to agriculture, education sectors
More emphasis on investment in agriculture, increasing expenditure on education and tackling price rise were some of the demands made by me...
09 Mar, 2011, 03.37 PM IST
- Maharashtra to keep sugar prices low for 3 more months
The Maharashtra government is set to offer a Rs 156-crore sweetener to the common man by keeping sugar prices low for some more time.
16 Jan, 2010, 01.26 AM IST
- FM reminders fail to get sugar package off Mint St
RBI is still to issue the crucial guidelines necessary for banks to fork out the Rs 3,000-crore odd loan to glut -struck private sector sug...
10 Jan, 2008, 03.11 AM IST
- RBI yet to issue norms for sugar pack
The official notification came out on December 10. Finimin’s banking division has sent two reminders to RBI, on December 6 and December 13,...
22 Dec, 2007, 02.20 AM IST
- Centre offers interest-free loans to millers
The Centre will provide financial assistance to sugar mills to improve their liquidity position.
11 Dec, 2007, 02.22 AM IST
- Proposal to give surplus power from sugar mills to TNEB
Tamil Nadu was planning to give away the surplus power produced in the sugar mills to the state Electricity Board, says PWD minister Durai ...
24 Nov, 2007, 05.00 PM IST
- No purchase tax for M’rashtra sugar mills
When it comes to helping sugar barons, the Maharashtra government never runs short of excuses, as the state finance minister Jayant Patil h...
04 Apr, 2007, 03.40 AM IST