If people can lobby me for making changes in policies that goes against the country's interest, I won't keep myself in this position, says the vice chairman of NITI Aayog.
Critics argue that much more could have been done and that the government was slow to react to many events.
According to BJP strategists, PMJAY and the PM Ujjwala Yojana will form the nucleus of the Modi government's re-election campaign.
For many farmers, though, a bumper harvest isn't good news, as they have been forced to sell their produce, particularly pulses, dirt cheap.
The exercise, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said, will help ease any possible impact of sub-par rainfall on farmers.
Modi believes that in the spirit of 'cooperative federalism' the venue for such meetings between him and the chief ministers should take place around the proverbial 'round table'.
Aayog to present its performance review - since its existence - before the governing council
The IMD attributed the projection to a weakening of El Nio and the Indian Ocean Dipole turning positive.
Forty five organised slaughterhouses are not in a position to cater for the big demand for rawhide
The IMD has said temperatures in most parts of the country from March to May would be 'above normal'.
Government allows duty-free import of 500,000 tonnes raw sugar till June 12. At present, India levies an import duty of 40% on sugar
Uttar Pradesh and Punjab have announced loan waivers for farmers, while Maharashtra has not despite Opposition pressure. Sanjeeb Mukherjee reports.
Big Basket, Haldiram's & Amul among 101 cold chain projects okayed
The monsoon this year in India was likely to be 'below normal' at 95% of LPA: Skymet
The BJP's win in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls has emboldened the top leadership to pursue a pro-woman agenda.
Yogi Adityanath has turned Lucknow's VVIP guest house into his seat of power.
The noted publisher of Hindu religious and spiritual texts, which has seen tough times in the recent past, hopes the new UP CM's spiritual background will boost sales.
In its UP Vision Document, the BJP had promised it would shut down illegal and mechanised abattoirs in the state if it came to power.
UP is an important state to roll out the government's agrarian reforms and job growth policies.
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