NDDB had helped dairy farmers direct their own development, placing control of the resources they created in their own hands.
'If price was the driver in 1st year, it was convenience in the 2nd.'
For the first time the government is organising an event where consolidated efforts would be made to help start-ups.
Indian farming was transformed after the mid-60s.
Recent easing of restrictions does not address the pain in the sector.
The well-irrigated states of Punjab, Haryana, Karnataka, western Uttar Pradesh and coastal states such as Odisha are, for the first time, feeling the effects of a poor monsoon.
Currently the average expected time of arrival for Ola vehicles is five minutes.
Most farmers depend on rainwater for farming.
In India, 173 people defecate in the open for every square km.
The Centre has decided to create a buffer stock of 350,000 tonnes.
'We need to do more to accelerate growth.'
Most, save Jaitley and Venkaiah Naidu, were silent on Bihar polls; it was business as usual for the PM.
The Centre had decided to spend Rs 50,000 crore (Rs 500 billion).
Procurement will be done through domestic purchases as well as imports.
Plans to enhance buffer stock to 500,000 tonnes; Gujarat exempts importers from stock limit
The Aayog recently met the ministries on the issue.
Predatory pricing petitions against Ola, Uber were filed from across cities.
Estimates by retail consultancy Technopak suggest that direct subsidy to consumers because of e-commerce this year would be over Rs 12,000 crore.
Even if they score administratively, state governments ruled by the party suffer from an inability to communicate positively, say observers.
Digital India was the flavour of the PM's recent Silicon Valley visit.
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