However, it's too soon to see any trend; July rain is key.
Rain for the central and northwestern parts a concern.
Studies have shown that milk is the most common form of adulteration in India
We had prepared a contingency plan for 580 districts, the minister said.
The official India Meteorological Department (IMD) and the private Skymet Weather Services have made widely divergent monsoon forecasts.
Total area impacted across India pegged at 18.9 mn hectares.
IMD will present its month-wise and region-wise forecast in June.
'There is no mechanism to understand how things would evolve'.
Harassment, corruption and the burden of compound interest for years are also the reasons.
Millions of central government employees were taken for a ride on April Fool's Day.
Planning Commission had got into a big controversy on this issue.
The perspective planning division might get a new lease of life.
Inviting private sector in Indian Railways is a good idea.
The resentment against the government has increased.
We should improve the business climate in Mumbai and Delhi, and India's ranking would immediately shoot up, says Bibek Debroy, a full member of NITI Aayog.
Any such acquisition, if at all, should only be in exceptional cases
The Budget shouldn't be stuck on fiscal numbers, the PMO apparently said.
Empowered in the Modi government, junior ministers have enough on their plate.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's idea of cooperative federalism is expected to be on display in the 2015-16 Budget.
80-85 per cent of about 700 major infrastructure projects within the Centre's domain have been delayed.
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