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Under Modi govt, implementation of Bundelkhand package plagued by 'rampant corruption': CongressThe Congress party has accused the Modi government of corruption in the implementation of the Bundelkhand Package, leading to an increase i...- Erratic monsoon fuels inflation, affects rural demand: CARE RatingsCARE Ratings said the food inflation will maintain an elevated trajectory in the coming months, gradually receding by October in conjunctio...
- Two more states opt out of PM crop insurance schemeUnder the new insurance scheme, the provision that caps the central subsidy in the premium rates to 30% for unirrigated areas and 25% for i...
- Cabinet approves crop cover rejig, dairy sop schemesThe Cabinet has approved revamping of the crop insurance scheme to help farmers manage risks better and cleared a proposal to create 10,000...
- Farmers may plant more maize, cotton, soyabean due to export demandFarmers have already started preparing land for their kharif crop.
- Why the farmers have stormed Delhi, what they wantFarmers are holding protest in the capital to demand a special session of Parliament on the agrarian crisis.
- Agriculture income may fall by 25 per cent due to climate change: Economic SurveyClimate change will likely bring farm income down by a whopping 25%, which makes it imperative to replace subsidies by direct income suppor...
- CEA Arvind Subramanian’s 10 new facts about the economyGST rollout and extreme weather to lower tax collections by states and Indians’ yearning for a male child, Arvind Subramanian has identifie...
- Economy survey picks a cue from PM Modi's climate pitch at DavosFor the first time, the Survey quantifies the impact that climate change will have on the economy—the focus is on the farm sector.
- Use cooperative federalism technology of GST council to raise farmers incomes: Eco SurveyThe Survey has called for reviewing cereal centricity of agricultural policy, doing away with power and fertilisers and allocating more res...
- Climate Change to impact agricultural income by up to 25 per cent: Economic SurveyThe survey said that extreme weather patterns can impact farm incomes in the range of 15 per cent to 18 per cent on average, and up to 20 t...
- 40% of India still banks on monsoon for agricultureBack in 1997, a government committee calculated that the Ultimate Irrigation Potential (UIP) for India was about 140 million hectares (Mha).
- India's rice output may drop to 100 million tonnes on poor rainsWhile kharif rice planting improved in late Aug and early Sept, overall productivity is likely to be lower than last year due to delayed pl...
- Small decline in farm land not to hit food production: Sharad PawarA marginal decline in cultivable land has not adversely affected the country's food production, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said toda...
- Doubling farm growth: Sufficient soil moisture + water = Great winter cropThe real kicker to this year’s farm GDP growth will come from excellent soil moisture and copious reservoirs of water.
- Nearly 50 pc of country's agricultural land in rainfed areasNearly half of the net sown land in India falls in unirrigated areas with a majority in important agricultural states, shows government dat...
- National Food Security Bill and risks of exclusionIn our view, the National Food Security Bill, instead of solving the problem of exclusion and inclusion error, has given ways to augment su...
- Edible oil imports doubled in four yrs to over 88 LTIndia's edible oil imports have more than doubled in just four years to over 88 lakh tonnes in 2009-10 oil year.
- Pulse rate sinks in Bihar farmsPulse production in Bihar has declined, according to a study conducted by the State Farmers Commission (SFC).
- Nabard plans to raise Rs 12,000 crNabard plans to raise around Rs 11,000-12,000 crore from the market in the current fiscal.
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