Agriculture ministry to prepare blueprint for purchasing onions directly from farmers and the expenditure on damages would be shared equally between the Centre and state governments.
Good monsoon is likely to create more jobs in the agriculture sector, which in turn could save the exchequer around Rs 10,000 crore
This could have huge implications for agriculture, food prices, supply and overall economic growth of the country
At present, the Met department is often unable to provide exact information on the exact amount of rain over a localised area.
Scrapping Plan and non-Plan classifications necessitates the change
In dollar terms, however, gold prices jumped by 26 per cent this calendar year, following sharp jump in hedge funds' long position
Breaking a long tradition, the PMO has ensured that specific divisions in each ministry are allocated to junior ministers.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked NITI Aayog to frame policies to propel India into the next century.
Vegetables and fruits have weights of 1.74 per cent and 2.11 per cent, respectively, in the wholesale price index.
In its manifesto for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had criticised the Congress-led UPA regime for "policy and decision paralysis".
A little away from the city in the northern suburbs, vegetables are 15-30 per cent costlier.
'Irrespective of the price movement of gold, customers can lock in their purchase at Rs 28,000 per 10 grams of pure gold.'
The committee would submit its report in the next two weeks.
Global Food Price Index showed a sharp jump in June.
The textile industry is the second-largest employer in the country, employing about 32 million, and the government is banking on it to absorb millions of youth.
There are about 85 million milch cows -- those that produce milk -- in the country.
The review stresses on creating conditions for growth that is employment-friendly.
DD Kisan in the past year has clocked an average direct viewership of 500,000 to 10 million.
Subramanian Swamy said if income tax is abolished, middle class will deposit money in banks which can be invested in manufacturing.
The country had imported 5.5 million tonnes of pulses last year.
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