Vice-President Hamid Ansari embarks on an important Latin American visit, heralding that resource-rich continent's importance to India.
The 2,500-hectares lease included both notified and non-notified areas.
The government has taken a number of steps to address the situation faced by farmers.
Is it inconsistency in policy, or the lack of robust support?
Pranjul Bhandari, Chief India Economist, HSBC, speaks about a range of issues ranging from inflation, to how Goods and Services Tax and land acquisition bills can help India hit double digit growth, and her impressions about economic growth in the last one year after Narendra Modi took over as India's Prime Minister.
'After the 2002 riots when the media and other political parties started blaming Modiji, thousands of people like us -- now, it must be crores of us -- started becoming staunch supporters of Modiji. The more you blamed him the more of our support he gained.' Pramod Singh of Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh is one of Narendra Modi's biggest fans and a member of Modi's India272 Web initiative, spreading the leader's message on social media and the Internet.
