Flip side of Sterlite shutdownPrices of copper, a raw material used in making them, have gone up ever since the closure of Sterlite’s Tuticorin copper smelter on March 2...
Water can be given till June 15, rationing if required: KarnatakaAppealing to farmers to stop using pumpsets, it advised the people to use water judiciously, as the water levels in almost all the reservoi...
India, EU partnership to boost clean energy initiativesKozlowski was delivering his keynote address at a workshop on 'Agricultural Demand Side Management (AgDSM)-Adopting Technologies to Boost E...
What Mamata Banerjee has learnt from Nitish Kumar, Lalu YadavThe urban middle classes hate her, the rural masses love her. The middle classes hate to admit it, but in elections the rural masses matter...
- Haryana farmers to get solar pumps
Farmers in Haryana with small land holdings will be encouraged to use solar pumps instead of diesel pumpsets under the government’s ‘Solar ...
Half of rural India still doesn't own agricultural land: SECC 2011The Socio-Economic and Caste Census 2011 (SECC) finds that a majority of rural households depend on manual labour for income.
Centre to launch 'unified' insurance product for farmersNarendra Modi-led government is planning to unveil an exclusive all-in-one insurance product for the farming community as part of its ongoi...
Solar-powered pump promises to end farmers' irrigation woes"ABB solar pump drive starts automatically when there is enough sunshine and the motor connected to it begins to run the pump to draw water...
World Bank agrees to consider Assam agri project: Chief Minister Tarun GogoiGogoi today said the World Bank has agreed in principle to consider a mega project in the state under Assam Agricultural Competitiveness Pr...
Power Finance Corporation to extend Rs 15,000-crore to Andhra Pradesh governmentThe loan which would be extended for a two-year period, would pave the way for providing high quality, reliable and adequate power to the p...
Consumers in Punjab to get rebate for using more power; 2.74% hike in tariffThe move to give rebate to consumers came on the back of power utility PSPCL's claims of surplus availability of power during coming winter...
Ten stocks that are likely to be most vulnerable if the monsoon failsA hit to agriculture will have a direct impact on India’s $2-tn economy and cos that depend directly or indirectly on the farm sector.
- Aizawl spends big on water, but is still dry
You wouldn’t expect one of India’s wettest states to suffer from a water crisis. But residents of Mizoram’s capital have a tough task sourc...
- Naveen announces Rs 1095 crore loan assistance for farmers
Rattled by growing number of farmers’ suicide cases, the Naveen Patnaik government announced to provide Rs 1095 crore loan assistance to fa...
- AP govt prepares special action plan for SCs
Andhra Pradesh government has drawn up a comprehensive action plan for the benefit of Scheduled Castes, spending Rs 337.22 crore covering a...
- PSERC hikes power tariff in Punjab
Electricity users in Punjab have to shell out extra bucks for power consumption as Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission hiked tar...
- Rural Electrification Corp plans 15.61 crore-share IPO
Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd is planning an initial public offering of up to 15,61,20,000 shares of Rs 10 each, price band for whi...