First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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Scooters India plans electric two-wheeler
Public sector auto maker Scooters India (SIL) is planning to get into the electric two-wheeler segment, in addition to its range of passenger three-wheelers.
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The Challenge of Agriculture
A lot has been said and written on the state of agriculture in India and if the recently-announced largesse of Rs 60,000 crore in the form of farm loan waivers can do anything significant to mitigate
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Rs. 10,000 crore for loan waiver
Authorisation sought for additional expenditure of Rs. 1,40,378.91 crore
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BJP plans kisan rallies
The Bharatiya Janata Party has planned a number of farmers' rallies across the country over the next few months to counter any political advantage the Congress may get as a result of the budget anno
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Industrial growth slumps to 5.3 p.c.
The Reserve Bank of India's tight money policy by way of high interest rates to contain inflation coupled with the chilly winds blowing across the globe appear to have led to a slowdown in the econo
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Why can't vegetable farmers be organised?
For the past three decades, more investment has been made for crop technology than for building infrastructure to store and market food products.
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Farm waivers will harm development
The Indian government has announced a loan waiver in the budget for small and marginal farmers to the extent of Rs 60,000 crore
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Govt clears new mineral policy
The government today approved the new National Mineral Policy, which, among other things, proposes the setting up of an independent dispute resolution mechanism
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A law for forestry
The Cabinet decision last week to bring the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2008, before Parliament is a step that should have been taken at least six years ago.
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Rahul for flexibility in loan waiver norms
Thursday was Congress member Rahul Gandhi's day in Parliament.