Prices of pulses up 20% ahead of festive seasonThe Cabinet on Wednesday extended the validity of the Centre's orders issued last year to empower states to take steps such as imposing sto...
22 Sep, 2016, 11.00 AM IST
Andhra Pradesh declares 196 mandals as drought-hitMajority of the mandals are in the Rayalaseema districts of Kurnool, Kadapa, Chittoor and Anantapur, while others are in the coastal distri...
28 Oct, 2015, 02.51 PM IST
No respite from price rise, government to import 3,000 tonnes of pulsesThe Cabinet Secretary also directed that all the 400 outlets of Kendriya Bhandar and Safal in Delhi should start distributing imported tur ...
19 Oct, 2015, 07.31 PM IST
Kharif crop output likely to be better than last year: ReportKharif grains represent 49.6 per cent of the total food grain output in the country and the sowing of this crop was 63 per cent higher by m...
20 Jul, 2015, 08.05 PM IST
Maize price firm at an average Rs 13,000 per tonne: US Grains CouncilMaize prices have inched higher to rule at Rs 13,000 per tonne on pan-India basis even though there are no major buying, according to US Gr...
01 Mar, 2015, 12.26 PM IST
Foodgrain production to fall 7% due to poor monsoon rainsFoodgrain production stood at 129.24 million tonnes in the kharif season of the 2013-14 crop year (July-June).
19 Sep, 2014, 04.31 PM IST
Maharashtra expects farmer suicide cases to drop by 70% in FY14The Maharashtra government said it is taking steps to insulate farmers from adverse market and weather conditions by helping them to have a...
02 Oct, 2013, 05.41 PM IST
Punjab stops buying power from exchangesThe situation is expected to continue for some time, officials say. Since the state is not in a position to draw anymore power due to grid ...
03 Jul, 2013, 08.44 AM IST
- Economic growth may be 6-6.2% this fiscal: Survey
Indian economy had slowed to 6.5 per cent, the nine-year low, in 2011-12, as per the official data.
03 Aug, 2012, 04.02 PM IST
- AP power cos to invest Rs 14,000 crore to strengthen network
The power utilities in Andhra Pradesh are planning to invest Rs 14,000 crore over the next four years to strengthen transmission in the sta...
01 Feb, 2012, 08.34 PM IST
- Paddy buying sees a weak start in Punjab
Of the total paddy procurement so far, government agencies have picked up 7.71 lakh tonne, constituting 89.4 per cent of total the arrivals.
08 Oct, 2011, 03.23 PM IST
- Economy has turned around: Pranab
The government today claimed that the economy has turned around and there was no longer uncertainty, despite the deficit monsoon and the dr...
12 Mar, 2010, 05.42 PM IST
- Orissa seeks Rs 844 crore relief from centre
Orissa government declared 3264 revenue villages and 41 notified area councils in 70 blocks of 15 districts as drought-hit and directed the...
24 Nov, 2009, 09.04 PM IST
- Orissa to procure paddy/rice through coops, SHGs, sets 32 lakh MT target
In a bid to stop the farmers from distress slae of paddy, the Naveen Patnaik government has decided to seek the involvement of Primary Agri...
01 Oct, 2009, 07.20 PM IST
Semi drought situation haunts 11 districts in WBdeficient rainfall has taken its toll on paddy cultivation in 11 districts in WB too.
19 Aug, 2009, 10.24 PM IST
- Punjab Govt procures 140 lakh tonne paddy
Punjab Government would procure 140 lakh tonne paddy for central pool during current Khariff season against 132.17 lakh tonne procured in t...
24 Jul, 2009, 06.17 PM IST
- Punjab govt to procure 140 lakh tonne paddy
Punjab government would procure 140 lakh tonne paddy for central pool during current Khariff season against 132.17 lakh tonne procured in t...
24 Jul, 2009, 06.04 PM IST