TN seeks special package of Rs 1K cr to address water crisis

Amid a severe drinking water crisis in Tamil Nadu, state deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam on Friday sought from the Centre a special package of Rs 1,000 crore to augment irrigation structures......

'Ayushman Bharat' tops NITI Aayog's Sunday agenda

'Where is the spirit of Team India?' asks Chandrababu Naidu. Sanjeeb Mukherjee reports. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi chairs the NITI Aayog's second governing council meeting, July 15,......

Naidu says seeking loan waiver has become fashion, draws flak

Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu said on Thursday that seeking farm loan waiver had become a "fashion", but later offered a clarification after drawing flak from several opposition parties.......

Centre releases drought relief for Tamil Nadu, Karnataka

The Centre has released Rs 1,712.1 crore for Tamil Nadu from the National Disaster Response Fund for drought and cyclone relief and another Rs 1,235.52 crore to Karnataka for drought. TN farmers......

Budget 2016: Modi's panacea for rural India is as hopeless as ever

In spite of Budget's rural focus, the government has consistently stumbled in agriculture, says Shreekant Sambrani. IMAGE: A farm worker carrying fodder walks in a dried paddy field on the......

Budget: It's important to spend all that money well

Along with the public investment outlays, what will determine success is how efficiently such investment is implemented, rues Ashok Lahiri In the run-up to the Union Budget, the secular decline in......

Agriculture may get 30% hike in FY17 Budget

More funds are expected to be allocated for the new crop insurance scheme, PMSKY and RKVY. To boost the rural sector, the Union department of agriculture is expected to get about 30 per cent higher......

Budget must strengthen growth boosters

Low consumer demand, a slide in investments and troubles in the banking sector should prompt the government to recalibrate taxes and expenditure. It is also important to ramp up spending on health......