September 15, 2009 23:34 IST
As the festival season sets in,the rising prices of sugar,which has more than doubled this year,has created a headache for the government.
Tue, Sep 15, 2009September 14, 2009 23:20 IST
Close on the heels of Congress president Sonia Gandhi exhorting party members to act as guardians of NREGA in the August edition of party mouthpiece Congress Sandesh....
Mon, Sep 14, 2009September 06, 2009 03:27 IST
As the probe begins into the crash that killed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy,it turns out that the state government...
Sun, Sep 06, 2009September 05, 2009 03:40 IST
The national project status for the Polavaram multipurpose irrigation project on the Godavari,the most important part of Y S Rajasekhara Reddys ambitious Jalayagnam....
Sat, Sep 05, 2009September 03, 2009 04:33 IST
Though a little late in the day,the government is planning to launch an ambitious scheme to dig over a million shallow...
Thu, Sep 03, 2009September 02, 2009 03:17 IST
With only one month of the monsoon remaining,the water levels in 81 crucial reservoirs are about 27 per cent below the..
Wed, Sep 02, 2009August 28, 2009 02:32 IST
Rainfall activity over parts of central India and parts of southern peninsula during the last week may have brought some relief to the standing kharif crop....
Fri, Aug 28, 2009
August 26, 2009 03:44 IST
Going a step ahead of Congress president Sonia Gandhi,NCP leader and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has urged all MPs...
Wed, Aug 26, 2009
August 23, 2009 15:08 IST
Admitting that he had come to the painful realisation that he could no longer meaningfully contribute to the BJP....
Sun, Aug 23, 2009August 22, 2009 04:17 IST
The government on Friday exhorted the eastern states,which usually record their agricultural productivity level below the national average...
Sat, Aug 22, 2009August 20, 2009 23:28 IST
The proposed National Food Security Act (NFSA),which aims to provide 25 kg of rice or wheat per month at Rs 3 per kg to every family below poverty line....
Thu, Aug 20, 2009August 19, 2009 04:48 IST
THE rainfall activity in the past few days over the northern India may have brought some smile on the face of the farming community....
Wed, Aug 19, 2009August 19, 2009 03:36 IST
Social activists who worked closely with Sonia Gandhi in conceptualising the NREGS in the UPAs first term found themselves kept in the dark....
Wed, Aug 19, 2009August 12, 2009 04:13 IST
After widening the ambit of the NREGS to include works on the private land of small and marginal farmers,the Rural Development Ministry...
Wed, Aug 12, 2009August 09, 2009 04:39 IST
With rainfall deficient in two-thirds of the country and the main sowing window for kharif already over,Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told a conference...
Sun, Aug 09, 2009August 05, 2009 06:32 IST
THE ambit of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has been significantly expanded by allowing under it work done...
Wed, Aug 05, 2009July 28, 2009 09:14 IST
Over 90 pct of districts monitored by Met department in seven rice-producing states have received scanty or deficient rainfall this monsoon.
Tue, Jul 28, 2009July 27, 2009 05:19 IST
In the din of concerns expressed over agriculture in Parliament,a small but interesting detail on organic farming got drowned.
Mon, Jul 27, 2009
July 20, 2009 09:26 IST
The visiting US Secretary of State,Hillary Clinton,indicated that Indian agriculture might get funds from the $20 billion pledged by the G8 countries to boost agriculture output during the recent summit in Italy.
Mon, Jul 20, 2009July 18, 2009 05:06 IST
Even as the monsoon picked up this week which saw about 6 per cent above-normal rainfall the sowing of paddy the seasons main foodgrain crop....
Sat, Jul 18, 2009July 18, 2009 04:50 IST
While the Opposition BJP staged a walkout in the Lok Sabha on Friday over the Indo-Pak joint statement delinking terrorism....
Sat, Jul 18, 2009July 17, 2009 10:08 IST
Though disapproving of UP Congress president Rita Bahuguna Joshis alleged derogatory remarks against UP Chief Minister Mayawati....
Fri, Jul 17, 2009July 17, 2009 03:21 IST
Though disapproving of UP Congress president Rita Bahuguna Joshis alleged derogatory remarks against Chief Minister Mayawati,the Samajwadi Party the main Opposition party in the state on Thursday found itself in a spot.
Fri, Jul 17, 2009July 14, 2009 00:54 IST
Citing her concept of inclusive cities,Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) Minister Kumari Selja...
Tue, Jul 14, 2009July 08, 2009 09:10 IST
Deficient rainfall in many parts of the country has started showing stress on the progress of sowing of kharif crops.
Wed, Jul 08, 2009



