On average, an account-holder among Punjab farmers availed of crop loans of around Rs 2.23 lakh in the first 11 months of 2016-17.
The government is also planning to replace the current ageing Air India One or Boeing 747 with Boeing 777s. Arup Roychoudhury and Archis Mohan report.
This may rescue pulses, cotton and oilseed sowing; rain revival in the south to take longer
Centre might move swiftly on its next round of strategic sales in CPSEs
Bank, bankruptcy reforms, Nabard Bill amendment on agenda.
Modi's visit to dwell on water conservation, Israel's expertise in desalination may also be tapped
The southwest monsoon which reached the country on May 30 well within its normal onset date
The previous highest divestment proceeds for the first half of a year was around Rs 21,000 crore in 2016-17.
DEA is currently headed on an interim basis by Corporate Affairs Secretary Tapan Ray
North Block and Mint Road seem likely to now stick to the earlier convention of the RBI governor coming to Delhi and being the only MPC member meeting the finance minister and senior bureaucrats on pre-policy meetings
Pipliyamandi becomes the epicentre of the current farmers' agitation across the country, demanding better price for their produce and loan waiver and a political hot-potato for all.
Without strong storage facilities, bumper harvest has resulted in price crash
Farmers said a big reason for the anger was the sudden stopping of wheat procurement by the state government in some places, which had caused the prices to dip below the minimum support price.
A panel led by the secretaries of the DEA and the DIPP would conduct a quarterly review on the pending proposals.
Steady progress in June; north and central regions to get good pre-showers
If people can lobby me for making changes in policies that goes against the country's interest, I won't keep myself in this position, says the vice chairman of NITI Aayog.
Fiscal discipline has been maintained but toxic assets worth Rs 7 crore are a massive headache
Critics argue that much more could have been done and that the government was slow to react to many events.
According to BJP strategists, PMJAY and the PM Ujjwala Yojana will form the nucleus of the Modi government's re-election campaign.
"There have been discussions on implementing UBI in J&K -- not just as a pilot in some districts, but in the entire state, according to Drabu's proposal in the state's Budget," said an official. "Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is also supportive of the idea. A presentation will now be made at the PMO."
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