Weak demand dampens business confidence: FICCI
September 2nd, 2012 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Weak demand and slow economic growth has dampened business confidence in India, according to a survey conducted by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce ... Read more...
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BJP chief ministers meet, discuss economy
August 18th, 2012 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief ministers and key party leaders from all states Saturday met here to discuss economic situation in the country.The meeting, ... Read more...
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BJP to hold meeting to review economy
August 17th, 2012 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party chief ministers and key leaders from all states will be meeting in Delhi Saturday to review the economic situation in the ... Read more...
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Haryana seeks Rs.4,050 crore from centre for drought relief
August 10th, 2012 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 10 (IANS) The Haryana government Friday sought financial assistance of Rs.4,050 crore from the central government to compensate farmers in view of the drought-like conditions in the state.Chief ... Read more...
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Sugar output may drop by 1 mn tonne
August 8th, 2012 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) India's sugar output is likely to drop by one million tonne to 25 million tonnes in the marketing year beginning Oct 1 due to poor ... Read more...
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Improve intelligence to thwart blasts: Pawar
August 4th, 2012 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 4 (IANS) Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Saturday called upon the Maharashtra government to improve its intelligence set-up to prevent a repeat of the serial blasts in Pune ... Read more...
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Punjab seeks Rs.2,380 crore package for monsoon failure
August 2nd, 2012 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 2 (IANS) Upset with the central government over the state not being given anything in the recently-announced Rs.1,900 crore package for states with deficient rainfall this year, ... Read more...
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Maharashtra faces drought-like situation
August 1st, 2012 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 1 (IANS) With available water storage dipping to barely 31 percent owing to poor rains, a severe drought-like situation could envelop Maharashtra, officials said here Wednesday.Agriculture Minister ... Read more...
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States declare drought, not centre: Pawar
August 1st, 2012 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Tuesday noted that 400 out of the 627 districts in India had received deficient rainfall but said it was for ... Read more...
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Power-short Punjab changes office timings, ban ACs use
July 29th, 2012 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 29 (IANS) An acute shortage of power across the state has forced the Punjab government to announce Sunday that office timings in all government offices will be changed ... Read more...
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Camellia Plc ‘very interested’ in acquiring Assam tea gardens
April 18th, 2012 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 18 (IANS) UK-based Camellia Plc, which owns a 74 percent stake in tea major Goodricke Group, Wednesday said it was 'very interested' in buying out tea gardens in ... Read more...
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Pulses may become dearer in India
April 5th, 2012 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 5 (IANS) Prices of pulses may increase due to a marginal decline in production this fiscal if the prevailing dry weather conditions in both north and south India ... Read more...
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Indian tea makers fear lacklustre exports
March 28th, 2012 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) Indian tea exporters see little chance of a rise in the export of the brew in 2012 compared to last year, with the continuing Iran payment ... Read more...
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Delayed rainfall likely to affect Assam tea production
March 16th, 2012 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 16 (IANS) Delayed rainfall in the northeast is likely to affect the overall tea production in Assam this year.The deficient rainfall in Assam this year has already delayed ... Read more...
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Himachal seeks Rs.991 crore rain relief
November 28th, 2011 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Nov 28 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh has demanded a compensation of Rs.991 crore from the central government for the losses incurred during the past monsoon, an official said here Monday.The ... Read more...
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Andhra declares 456 blocks drought-hit
October 29th, 2011 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 29 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government Saturday declared 456 mandals or blocks in 15 of the state's 23 districts as drought-affected in view of deficient rainfall.The state cabinet, ... Read more...
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Monsoon ends in Himachal, rains deficit this year
September 27th, 2011 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 27 (IANS) The southwest monsoon, deficient in Himachal Pradesh this year, has withdrawn, the weather bureau here said Tuesday.This year the rainfall was eight percent deficient in ... Read more...
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Scanty rainfall hits paddy sowing in Orissa
August 1st, 2011 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 1 (IANS) Deficient rainfall during the past two months has hit kharif paddy sowing in Orissa, the state's agriculture department Director R. Santhagopalan said Monday.The cumulative rainfall during ... Read more...
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Deficient rainfall data wipes out intra-day gains of Sensex (Roundup)
July 14th, 2011 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) A day after the three terror blasts in India's commercial capital, Indian equities markets closed on a flat note Thursday, giving up its intra-day gains ... Read more...
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Monsoon withdraws from Himachal Pradesh
September 28th, 2010 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 28 (IANS) The southwest monsoon, which brought bountiful rains to Himachal Pradesh this year, has withdrawn, the weather bureau said here Tuesday.
This year the rainfall was 16 percent more than ... Read more...
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Pawar projects grain output at 220-230 mn tonnes in 2010-11
September 17th, 2010 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Friday said India's foodgrain output was expected at 220-230 million tonnes in 2010-11, with rice production expected to be significantly higher than in ... Read more...
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Monsoon in Himachal breaks 15-year record
September 15th, 2010 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 15 (IANS) The plentiful southwest monsoon across Himachal Pradesh this year has broken the record of 15 years, the weather office said here Wednesday.
"From June 1 to Sep 14 ... Read more...
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Deficit rainfall in east hits rice cultivation: IMD
August 27th, 2010 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Northeastern and east India have received deficient rainfall this monsoon, which has adversely affected rice cultivation and other agricultural operations, the weather office said Friday.
"Despite satisfactory ... Read more...
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All aid for people of Leh, says Sonia
August 19th, 2010 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Expressing pain at the loss of life and property due to flash floods in Leh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said Thursday the government will take all ... Read more...
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Delhi had monsoon rainfall deficit in June
July 29th, 2010 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Delhi recorded 81 percent deficit rainfall during June, minister of Earth Sciences Prithviraj Chavan said Thursday.
Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, Chavan said that ... Read more...
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Punjab procures 130 lakh tonnes paddy
November 10th, 2009 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 10 (IANS) Over 130 lakh tonnes of paddy have been procured in Punjab this season, officials here said Tuesday.
Over 98 percent of the paddy procured was purchased by government agencies, ... Read more...
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Punjab targeting 140 lakh tonnes paddy procurement
November 3rd, 2009 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 3 (IANS) Punjab is targeting to procure more than 140 lakh tonnes of paddy this season, the Chief Minister's office here said Tuesday.
Government procurement agencies and private millers have procured ... Read more...
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Migratory birds start descending on Himachal’s Pong Dam wetlands (With Images)
October 28th, 2009 - 10:08 am ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Pong Dam (Himachal Pradesh), Oct 28 (IANS) With the onset of winter, thousands of migratory birds from central and northern Asia have started descending on the Pong Dam wetlands in ... Read more...
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Consumer goods market to double by 2012: Assocham
October 22nd, 2009 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) Driven by growing consumption in rural and semi-urban areas, the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) market is set to double from $14.7 billion in 2008-09 to $30 ... Read more...
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Rajasthan reels under intense heat wave conditions in September!
September 27th, 2009 - 10:39 pm ICT by ANI
Alwar (Rajasthan), Sep 27(ANI): Even as the winter season is around the corner in the country, Rajasthan's Alwar city is reeling under intense heat wave conditions.The mercury is touching 43 degrees, ... Read more...
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Urban agriculture gaining popularity in Hyderabad
September 20th, 2009 - 11:31 pm ICT by ANI
Hyderabad, Sep 20(ANI): Residents of Hyderabad have been turning up to urban agriculture, as the activity includes cultivation of vegetables in courtyard to get fresh and cheaper vegetables.The activity commonly known ... Read more...
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Himachal gets 33 percent less rains
September 20th, 2009 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 20 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh has received 33 percent less rainfall this monsoon.
"The overall monsoon was below average in most parts of the state. So far, the state saw 33 ... Read more...
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Miles to go before NREGA’s full potential achieved: PM
September 9th, 2009 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Urging state governments not to "fail the poor", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said the country had still to realise the "full potential" of the National ... Read more...
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Manmohan Singh favours redoubling of efforts to tackle drought
September 9th, 2009 - 2:06 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said that although the monsoon has revived in most parts of the country there is still a need to ... Read more...
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Scanty rain hits hydropower generation in Himachal
September 8th, 2009 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Shimla, Sep 8 (IANS) Hydropower generation in Himachal Pradesh has dipped 35-40 percent in the past two months because of deficient monsoon, affecting electricity supplies to Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh ... Read more...
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