Demand to remain high with festive season ahead and ongoing price fall
The NITI Aayog will now assimilate the views of states and then present a report to the PM.
India is still the best story in major emerging markets from a 5-year perspective.
The rains have so far been four per cent below normal.
The IMD on its part is sticking to its forecast of July rainfall.
Status to enable Arvind Panagariya to attend Cabinet meetings.
'We have done what we needed to do on behalf of the consumers'.
However, it's too soon to see any trend; July rain is key.
India's gold import bill, estimated at $3 billion in May, is seen falling further this month
Rain for the central and northwestern parts a concern.
Studies have shown that milk is the most common form of adulteration in India
We had prepared a contingency plan for 580 districts, the minister said.
The official India Meteorological Department (IMD) and the private Skymet Weather Services have made widely divergent monsoon forecasts.
The government has retained 10% duty on import of the yellow metal.
Gold has held up better than many expected.
Total area impacted across India pegged at 18.9 mn hectares.
IMD will present its month-wise and region-wise forecast in June.
'There is no mechanism to understand how things would evolve'.
Harassment, corruption and the burden of compound interest for years are also the reasons.
India Inc closed FY15 on a positive note.
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