The committee would submit its report in the next two weeks.
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.
Gold is seen as a preferred asset for all types of investors, even central banks.
The review stresses on creating conditions for growth that is employment-friendly.
DD Kisan in the past year has clocked an average direct viewership of 500,000 to 10 million.
The country had imported 5.5 million tonnes of pulses last year.
Official panel points to bid deficiencies in rural job guarantee, pensions, housing and other programmes.
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.
In the second half of April, the discount on gold came down to $3 an ounce.
Skymet is credited with correctly predicting the 2009 drought.
Recommends delisting of chana futures, open to lowering sugar import duty
Only three or four tonnes is estimated to have been mobilised under the scheme.
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 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
This could change the way diamonds are traded.
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