Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh (all BJP-ruled), Karnataka, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar, Assam, West Bengal and Kerala are among the worst performers.
Agriculture and processed food exports dropped to a five-year low of $24 billion in 2015-16.
Wheat will be now be sold to the schemes at Rs 2 per kg, while rice would be given at Rs 3 per kg.
In many parts of central and north India, monsoon reaches only in July.
Despite these successes, Railway Minister Prabhu has had his share of criticism.
Skymet is credited with correctly predicting the 2009 drought.
US-based $40-billion industrial goods giant Honeywell has just launched its 16th plant, a hydrocracker unit with application in oil refining, in India. The two years of Modi government have been full of optimism and energy, Anant Maheshwari, president, Honeywell India, and Steve Gimre, managing director, UOP India, tell Sudheer Pal Singh.
Recommends delisting of chana futures, open to lowering sugar import duty
'The Centre brought down expenses by as much as Rs 12,000 crore (Rs 120 billion).'
The Railways plans to float an independent fund.
There is no foodgrain shortage in the country as our total storage capacity is more than 81 million tonnes, while the public distribution system requirement is 61 million tonnes, says Ram Vilas Paswan.
The prohibition has freed up as much as 60 million litres of ethanol
The apex court urged the central government to update the drought management manual by December 31.
Centre could ban wheat import from Bangladesh, apart from restricting cultivation in West Bengal and Assam
Vegetables tend to get damaged faster during summers.
The proposed bullet train will run between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
Talgo's Series 9 locomotive to cut Delhi-Mumbai travel time to 12 hours
The India Meteorological Department's first monsoon forecast for this year would have gladdened many a heart with the hope of plentiful rain, after two drought years.
Govt bosses in no hurry to exit from PSUs; many agencies, long process likely hurdles.
Refuting all the allegations, IOC has clarified that no monopolistic situation exists in supply and pricing of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) to airlines.
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