The fund allocated for pulses buffer is more than 40% of entire farm ministry's 2016-17 budget.
Rains have been 5% below normal so far, but Met department sticks to its forecast
Uber started its business three years ago in India and is now operating in over 20 cities with thousands of cab drivers.
The textiles sector is India's largest organised employer and critical for the prime minister's dream of creating jobs
Skymet said September would be much better and it expects it to end at 111 per cent of the LPA
In the global markets, pulses prices have slumped because of a bumper harvest.
Agriculture ministry to prepare blueprint for purchasing onions directly from farmers and the expenditure on damages would be shared equally between the Centre and state governments.
Good monsoon is likely to create more jobs in the agriculture sector, which in turn could save the exchequer around Rs 10,000 crore
This could have huge implications for agriculture, food prices, supply and overall economic growth of the country
At present, the Met department is often unable to provide exact information on the exact amount of rain over a localised area.
Scrapping Plan and non-Plan classifications necessitates the change
Breaking a long tradition, the PMO has ensured that specific divisions in each ministry are allocated to junior ministers.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked NITI Aayog to frame policies to propel India into the next century.
Vetting by inter-ministerial board removed for benefits under Startup India Action Plan
In its manifesto for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had criticised the Congress-led UPA regime for "policy and decision paralysis".
With EU, it is part of the FTA that we will need to negotiate.
The committee would submit its report in the next two weeks.
Anil Madhav Dave is a known conservationist but may have to fight green allegations.
The textile industry is the second-largest employer in the country, employing about 32 million, and the government is banking on it to absorb millions of youth.
There are about 85 million milch cows -- those that produce milk -- in the country.
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