Bharti Airtel has received financing commitments of up to $2.5 billion from top Chinese banks.
Just one year after taking office, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing a challenge that could come to haunt him.
A downturn in Indian demand could hit global gold prices.
Satellite analysis can assess vegetation cover down to field level.
Prices of buffaloes and cattle have fallen by 20-30%.
Arun Jaitley presented the Union Budget in Parliament on Saturday.
Rural slowdown may delay growth in the economy.
Based on the estimate, a courier bringing in 1 kg of gold currently worth around $40,000 at world prices could earn $470 if not caught.
The latest forecast, given by Earth Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh, was a downward revision from a previous forecast of 93 per cent given at the outset of the monsoon in June, but was nowhere near as bad some farmers had feared.
The country has produced a record harvest, but many farmers in the onion bowl of Maharashtra have lost a large share of their crop damaged in storage, adding to the country's inflation woes.
India will raise its import duty on sugar to 40 percent from 15 percent, as the government tries to revive business at mills that owe farmers around $1.84 billion, the food minister said on Monday.
The arrival of the wet season that is crucial to farmers in India.
It will be the first to go, in what has become an overcrowded segment since India first allowed futures trading in commodities in 2003.
Monsoon rains are vital for 55 per cent of the country's farmlands that lack irrigation facilities.
The govt is increasing the duty to 15 per cent from the existing 10 per cent.
The monsoon rains are crucial for farm output and economic growth as about 55 per cent of the south Asian nation's arable land is rain-fed.
Global experts last week gave the same forecast.
A govt report on Wednesday recommended reining in gold imports to curb deficit.
Prices have more than doubled in three months.
Though retail demand was weak, jewellers were restocking for Pongal festival.
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