India produced 12,000,000 tonnes of mangoes as against the world's total production of 23,455,000 tonnes -- 51.1 per cent.
Earlier on August 14, the government imposed MEP of $650 per tonne. MEP is is a benchmark price below which onion cannot be exported.
The previous high GDP growth of 8.1 per cent was recorded in April-June quarter of 2016-17.
Years of indiscriminate use of pesticides in agriculture has contaminated almost everything, from milk and cheese to ice creams, sweets, and chicken, a scientist has said.
India gets its first basmati billionaire family. The promoter family of KRBL reaps gains from high demand for basmati in India and overseas. The company had a stock of 300,000 tonnes of rice as of September 30.
It will be the first to go, in what has become an overcrowded segment since India first allowed futures trading in commodities in 2003.
The case pertains to alleged financial irregularities in supply of high-altitude tents worth Rs 22 crore to intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing during 2009-13.
Govt looks to take cooking gas to tiger reserves, Naxal-hit areas
Union Agriculture Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said the country's foodgrain production in the Kharif season is likely to surpass the previous record of 212 million tonnes in 2001-02.
Meet the Indo-Germans behind Green Tokri -- a unique business venture -- who grow lettuce on their farm outside Pune and make it available at your doorstep so that you can add this nourishing item to your meals each day.
'The main reason people go to other countries is unemployment in Punjab'
The cyclone would bring light to moderate rains at most places and 'heavy to very heavy downpour' at some places on November 6.
Retail prices across the country continued to be at Rs 80 a kg.
Between now and the general elections (likely in May 2019) there are 12 assembly polls, which analysts say, in a way will also be interpreted as a referendum on the Modi-led government's key reforms
'Farmers love cows but find it uneconomical to afford fodder expenses'
The govt is increasing the duty to 15 per cent from the existing 10 per cent.
The panel had first visited the Valley in October after which it had recommended an immediate ban on use of pellet guns by security forces.
We present our alphabet of 2020, pulling in everything you'll remember about this year we'd rather forget.
The concept of gold as an asset capable of getting anytime money is evaporating.
The Enforcement Directorate, probing money laundering charges against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and his family members, on Tuesday recorded the statement of his wife Pratibha Singh
Growing trees means much more than strewing seeds around; it takes an understanding of local climatic conditions, indigenous strains and partnership with local communities.
Indian economy is expected to grow by 7.4 per cent in 2003-04 and the next year is also likely to be good for the country, according to a top official of Centre for Monitoring Economy.
'In India, a large proportion of the labour force does not have a regular job.' 'People are mostly employed as daily wage workers, agricultural labourers, small farmers and self-employed traders.' 'These move in and out of "jobs" fairly rapidly.' 'It is the high proportion of these workers in India that makes unemployment volatile,' explains Mahesh Vyas.
Credit Suisse First Boston, a leading investment banker, has scaled down India's GDP growth from 5.7 per cent to 5.4 per cent for the financial year 2002-03.\n\n\n\n
Vegetables and fruits have weights of 1.74 per cent and 2.11 per cent, respectively, in the wholesale price index.
Monsoon revival over weekend likely, but second-half rainfall may be muted. If the rains become scarce after mid-August, the standing kharif crops might be impacted
FinMin plans tougher targets for bad loans, Casa and others in performance-linked pay for senior management.
German Chancellor Angel Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang, Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and Switzerland President Simonetta Sommaruga would be participating in the 45th edition of the meet.
Chief Project Manager H C Tiwari and three others were suspended.
According to a report, global populations of mammals, birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles have already declined by 58 per cent between 1970 and 2012.
Even as the World Bank has revised India's growth figures by 0.4 percentage points as compared to its January forecast, India remains the fastest growing major economy in the world, the World Bank officials said.
The farmers of Khentia are now working in tandem with the IIT team.
There are limitations to milking national security, says Sanjeev Nayyar.
Growth in the third quarter (October-December) is expected to be the weakest in years, with spending hit due to unavailability of enough replacement currency.
The powerful cyclone, strongest to hit India in 20 years, made landfall at around 8 am in India's eastern state of Odisha, killing at least 12 people.
