Adopt water conservation techniques to increase yield, Collector tells farmers
Vellore Collector R. Nanthagopal has appealed to the horticulturists to adopt water conservation measures such as drip irrigation and construction of farm ponds in order to increase the yield....
View ArticleCan it deliver Har Khet Ko Paani?
Most of India’s irrigation happens through pumping of groundwater. (Source: Thinkstock) Post-2000, India has witnessed some glorious irrigation successes and disastrous failures. Politics has played a...
View ArticleBudget 2016-17 presented in Parliament; major focus on agriculture and...
(Source: Ministry of Finance of the Republic of India) A massive mission announced to provide LPG connection to poor households New Health Protection Scheme to provide Health cover upto Rs. 1 lakh per...
View ArticleCentre giving priority to agriculture sector by allocating maximum funds for...
Total food grain production target for 2017-18 to be 273 million tonnes: Shri Singh Price stabilization Fund now increases from Rs 500 crore to Rs 1500 crore: Shri Radha Mohan Singh Shri Singh...
View ArticleFocus primarily on rural sector, jobs & education
Finance Minister Haryana Captain Abhimanyu presents the Budget in Haryana Vidhan Sabha, in Chandigarh on Monday. (Express Photo by Jasbir Malhi) The Haryana budget for the financial year 2016-’17,...
View ArticleBudget 2016-17 presented in Parliament; major focus on agriculture and farmers
Budget 2016-17 presented in Parliament; major focus on agriculture and farmers’ welfare 28.5 lakh Hectares to be brought under irrigation Rs. 2.87 lakh crore Grant in Aid to Gram Panchayats and...
View ArticleCaring for water: Incentivise farmers to save & liberalise import of water –...
Scattered ‘mango rains’ have brought some respite from scorching heat in certain places. Earlier, IMD’s forecast of above normal monsoon rains had given some hope of forthcoming acche din. Yet, a...
View ArticleYear End Review: Highlights of the Achievements of the Ministry of Finance...
(Source: Ministry of Finance of the Republic of India) During the current fiscal, Ministry of Finance has undertaken various initiatives and measures for enhancing the Revenue Collection ,easing and...
View ArticleA barren field
Not surprisingly, farmers are unhappy and agriculture is stagnant. Farmer suicides are perversely high and rural indebtedness remains a grave issue. As the Modi government celebrates two years in...
View ArticleBudget 2016: Top 6 pain points to address by PM Narendra Modi govt in rural...
Budget 2016: This year, one of the loudest calls for attention in the Budget will be from the rural sector, specifically agriculture, which has been reeling after three consecutive weather shocks and...
View Article‘Suit-boot ki sarkar is definitely better than suitcase sarkar,’ PM Narendra...
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who recently completed one year in office, in an exclusive interview to ANI, has hit out at the opposition for ridiculing and dubbing his government as...
View ArticleReaping better agri-growth in 2016
India became the world’s fastest-growing economy in 2015. Indian agriculture, however, fared much worse. Agriculture grew only by 0.2% in FY15. Two consecutive years of drought, unseasonal rains in...
View ArticleAfter ruling for 60 years, Congress has suddenly remembered the poor, says Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an interview to ANI, said the opposition alleging that his government is a 'suit-boot ki sarkaar' is definitely better and more acceptable than being...
View Article'Suit Boot ki Sarkar is definitely better than Suitcase,' PM Modi says
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who recently completed one year in office, in an exclusive interview to a news agency hit at the opposition for ridiculing and dubbing his government as "suit...
View Article'Suit Boot ki Sarkar is definitely better than Suitcase,' PM
May 30: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who recently completed one year in office, has, in an exclusive interview with Smita Prakash, Editor, ANI, said the opposition alleging that his government is a...
View ArticleSuit-boot ki sarkaar is definitely better than suitcase ki sarkaar: PM...
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an interview to ANI, said the opposition alleging that his government is a 'suit-boot ki sarkar' is definitely better and more acceptable than being labelled...
View Article'Suit Boot ki Sarkar is definitely better than Suitcase,' says PM Modi to ANI
New Delhi, May 30 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who recently completed one year in office, has, in an exclusive interview with Smita Prakash, Editor, ANI, said the opposition alleging that his...
View ArticleBudget 2016: How they stack up
Automobiles The FY17 Union Budget was a mixed bag for automobile manufacturers. The higher allocation towards rural and agriculture spend, including highest ever allocation of Rs 38,500 core towards...
View Article‘Doubling farm incomes is our priority’
Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh. (Illustration: Subrata Dhar) With back-to-back monsoon failures impacting farm output and incomes in the last two years, agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh...
View ArticleAddress by the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee to the Joint Session...
Honourable Members, 1. In this Basant season of renewal and growth, I welcome you all to the Joint Sitting of the Two Houses of the Parliament. I am confident that your deliberations will live up to...
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