Meet on winter crop strategy in Delhi
September 20th, 2012 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The central government will chalk out a strategy to maximise the winter crop sowing at a meet Sep 24-25, after delayed rains affected summer crop ... Read more...
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Drought hit areas to get over Rs.800 crore: Pawar
September 12th, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) The central government Wednesday said it will allocate over Rs.800 crore for drinking water, extend the limit of the rural job plan by an additional ... Read more...
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RBI cuts growth forecast to 6.5 percent, warns on inflation
July 30th, 2012 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 30 (IANS) India's economic growth is likely to fall to 6.5 percent, inflation accelerate and fiscal deficit widen, the Reserve Bank of India said Monday, painting a gloomy ... Read more...
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Deficit monsoon: PM directs weekly monitoring
July 23rd, 2012 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) With deficient monsoon rains threatening crop plantation in the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday asked all ministries concerned to co-ordinate efforts with state ... Read more...
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Monsoon delayed but situation not worrisome: Pawar (Second Lead)
July 3rd, 2012 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) There has been a two-week delay in the monsoon but the situation is not serious, union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said here Tuesday and added ... Read more...
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Monsoon situation not serious, rain will pick up: Pawar (Lead)
July 3rd, 2012 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) There has been a two-week delay in the monsoon but the situation is not serious, union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said here Tuesday, adding that ... Read more...
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Rainfed-dryland farming needs more investment (Lead)
February 15th, 2012 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday called for more investment in agriculture, especially in rainfed and dryland farming, to achieve food ... Read more...
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PM meets cabinet, with Maran present
June 2nd, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday met his cabinet at his residence here, and an official said yoga guru Baba Ramdev's threatened hunger strike against ... Read more...
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Govt. needs to give serious thought to foodgrains export: Pawar
April 6th, 2011 - 5:34 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 6 (ANI): Union Agriculture and Food Processing Industries Minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said the government has to take a serious thought on storage, allocation of foodgrains to states ... Read more...
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Consult before decisions like fuel price hike: Trinamool, NCP
January 17th, 2011 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Concerned about the recent fuel price hike at a time when food inflation has hit double digits, the Trinamool Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have said ... Read more...
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In Bihar, the woes are not of farmers alone
September 21st, 2010 - 9:21 pm ICT by ANI
By Kunal KumarPatna, Sep.21 (ANI): The Kharif acreage across the country is likely to exceed last year's level by 78.93 lakh hectares.The Crop and Weather Watch Group in the Union Agriculture ... Read more...
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2009-10 foodgrain production to be 218.2 million tonnes
July 19th, 2010 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) With record production of wheat and pulses, total foodgrain production in the country is estimated to reach 218 million tonnes in the 2009-10 crop year against a ... Read more...
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India’s food inflation dips to 16.61 percent
April 29th, 2010 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) India's annual food inflation declined to 16.61 percent for the week ended April 17 from 17.65 percent a week ago due to a fall in prices ... Read more...
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Bumper rabi crop will ease inflation: Minister
February 13th, 2010 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The coming spring harvest will see a "bumper crop" that will help control the spiralling prices of essential commodities, Minister of State for Agriculture K.V. Thomas said ... Read more...
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More wheat, rice and pulses sown this rabi
January 1st, 2010 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) There is good news on New Year's day from the country's agriculture sector.
The rabi (winter sowing) season shows signs of improvement in production of wheat, ... Read more...
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Rice yield to fall 15 mn tonnes this kharif season: Estimates
November 3rd, 2009 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) India's rice output is expected to be around 69.45 million tonnes this kharif season, or about 15 million tonnes less than in the previous season, according ... Read more...
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Pawar says weak monsoon may affect paddy crop
July 24th, 2009 - 4:29 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 24 (ANI): Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said on Friday that a weak and erratic monsoon in various parts of the country may adversely affect the paddy crop, and added ... Read more...
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Low monsoon rain concern for India’s farm output: Pawar
July 20th, 2009 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) India produced record food grain in 2008-09 but the situation could become a cause for concern due to erratic monsoon in several parts of the country, ... Read more...
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Agricultural scientists team to assess flood-affected areas in Bihar
September 26th, 2008 - 11:23 am ICT by ANI
Patna, Sept 26 (ANI): The Centre will send an agricultural scientists team to Bihar to review the losses in the flood-affected areas in the state.
Agriculture Secretary T. Nand Kumar has ... Read more...
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India expects good spring harvest
September 24th, 2008 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) India is hopeful of reaping a good spring (Rabi) harvest of wheat, barley and jowar this season, a senior government official said here Wednesday."There are favourable conditions. ... Read more...
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Government targets 2 mn tonne rice reserve
September 12th, 2008 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) The government plans to create a two million tonne rice reserve on top of the 3 million tonne wheat emergency reserve created earlier this year to avoid ... Read more...
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Government allows export of ‘Pusa 1121′ rice
September 6th, 2008 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) India has allowed the export of the Pusa 1121 variety of rice from Oct 15 this year, according to a senior government official. This variety is exported ... Read more...
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India expects robust rice crop in current season
August 29th, 2008 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Rice production will go up significantly in India in the current season, notwithstanding raging floods in Bihar and Punjab, a senior agriculture ministry official said here ... Read more...
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States asked to fix limits on grain stocks till April 2009
August 22nd, 2008 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The government has asked states to fix and maintain limits on food grain stocks till April 31, 2009 to keep their prices under control.The states are required ... Read more...
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Ban on rice, wheat exports extended till next April
August 21st, 2008 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) India on Thursday decided to extend the ban on exports of rice, wheat and pulses till next April in an effort to keep the staple food grain ... Read more...
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Food Corporation likely to sell rice, wheat in open market
August 20th, 2008 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The government may allow the state-run Food Corporation of India (FCI) to sell wheat and rice under the open market sale scheme (OMSS).The cabinet committee on ... Read more...
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Area under rice cultivation up 28 percent this year
July 26th, 2008 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) With Indian farmers bringing 28 percent more area under rice cultivation in this kharif (summer) season compared to last season, higher foodgrain production is expected to mitigate ... Read more...
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Chidambaram says Hyde Act not binding on India
July 22nd, 2008 - 2:24 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi , July22 (ANI): On the second day of the debate in the Lok Sabha over the Governments trust vote, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said that the Hyde Act, passed ... Read more...
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Farm sector growth will be higher this year: Swaminathan
July 9th, 2008 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 9 (IANS) With the south-west monsoon predicted to be normal, the agriculture sector growth is expected to be more this fiscal (2008-09) than the previous one (2007-08) at 4.5 percent, ... Read more...
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India’s foodgrain output at 230 mn tonnes may moderate prices (Lead)
July 9th, 2008 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) India's food grain production at 230.67 million tonnes in 2007-08 will help in moderating food prices, a senior government official said Wednesday. "There has been only 5 ... Read more...
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India’s crop production estimated at 230 mn tonnes
July 9th, 2008 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) India's food grain production as per the fourth Advance Estimates of Crop Production for 2007-08 is estimated at 230.67 million tonnes. The total food grain production includes ... Read more...
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Area under food crop cultivation goes up
June 27th, 2008 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Faced with a 14-year high inflation of 11.42 percent, India is set to grow kharif or summer food crops in more areas this season. As per the ... Read more...
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