The move comes amid reports that new wheat crop prices in Madhya Pradesh, which is one the biggest growing state has fallen to below the MSP of Rs 1,625 per 100 kilograms due to bumper harvest.

Millions of farmers plant rice, cane, corn, cotton and soybean crops in the rainy months of June and July. Harvesting starts from October

India, which wants to double its coal output by 2020, in February raised the tax on mining coal to $6 per tonne from $1 in a bid to make it more expensive to consume the dirty fuel

Every year Indians consume about 22 million tonnes of lentils

The ethanol vehicles will have the flexibility to switch to other fuels

After missing several deadlines, only 11 states could introduce the plan

The claim is filed with a consumer body.

India assured the EU it would put in place measures to ensure cargoes are free from pests

Indian farmers depend on June-September monsoon rains, as half of the country's farmland lacks irrigation facilities.