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".
A smart grid is an electrical grid, which includes a variety of operational and energy measures, including smart meters, smart appliances, renewable energy resources and energy-efficiency resources.
The committee would submit its report in the next two weeks.
There was buzz of Piyush Goyal being elevated to Cabinet rank but only Prakash Javadekar made the cut.
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.
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.
An articulate ex-banker and a chartered accountant by training, Piyush Goyal is particular about numbers.
Skymet is credited with correctly predicting the 2009 drought.
The private discoms that join the scheme would only benefit in terms of operational efficiency and there will not be any financial bailout
Recommends delisting of chana futures, open to lowering sugar import duty
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.
Coal India achieved a staggering production of 536.51 million tonnes during the financial year ended March 31, 2016
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