Govt bosses in no hurry to exit from PSUs; many agencies, long process likely hurdles.
The zones, says Panagariya, would have to be set up near deep-draft ports, capable of accommodating very large and heavily loaded ships
The praise comes a year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed it a 'monument of UPA's failures'.
MNREGS labourers are usually engaged in irrigation projects.
Finance ministry's drive is meant to meet fiscal deficit target and improve overall efficiency in government spending.
With the state going to polls soon, Akhilesh Yadav needs to step out of his father's shadow and come into his own as the state's CM.
Agri experts are meeting FinMin ministry officials on Monday to give their inputs on the Budget.
Says UP misunderstood and underplayed
NDDB had helped dairy farmers direct their own development, placing control of the resources they created in their own hands.
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.
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.
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.'
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.
Even if they score administratively, state governments ruled by the party suffer from an inability to communicate positively, say observers.
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