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Covid relief schemes get longer life as govt begins process for extension

Among other schemes, the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme was recently extended until June 30 or until Rs 3 trillion is disbursed before taking a call to widen the plan or extend it

Five years of e-NaM: Fair price discovery, crop grading remain key issues

A high powered panel has found instances of manual data being fed into the system after the auction has ended

Congress-ruled states raised doubts on Covid vaccines: Harsh Vardhan

This comes a day after Manmohan Singh wrote a letter to PM Narendra Modi

Manmohan Singh calls for ramping up vaccination in 5-point letter to PM

Former PM calls for more transparent and flexible policy in vaccine distribution to states, compulsory licencing of jabs

Monsoon to be 'normal' in 2021; East and Northeast may get less rain: IMD

A good rainy season will favour crops and the economy battling a second wave of coronavirus infections.

Fundamental problems remain despite slew of records by MGNREGA in FY21

MGNREGA scheme: A significant Rs 17,370.58 crore has been carried forward over to the next financial year as unpaid dues as demand for work continued unabated for the scheme in rural areas

Monsoon likely be normal this year in India, marking a hat-trick: Skymet

The last time India had three consecutive years of normal monsoon was in between 1996 to 1998, according to private agency.

Breakfast brand Soulfull says will use Tata's distribution chain for reach

Tata group acquired Kottaram Agro Foods Ltd, the owner of Soulfull brand, for an enterprise value of around Rs 155 crore

Increased fertiliser rate will not be applicable for farmers, says IFFCO

After outcry, says it will sell 1.13 mt at old rates

Centre, NITI Aayog working on devising long-term solution for sugar sector

The solution to the sugar Industry problem lies in any or a combo of a price stabilisation fund, the Gujarat model of payment of cane dues and increased focus on ethanol blending

At 7.2%, India blends record ethanol with petrol in first 4 months

So far, the best ever ethanol blend with petrol has been around 5.2 per cent at all-India level.

GramCover plans to be one-stop shop for rural insurance needs: CEO Bhatt

The company was founded in 2017-18 by a clutch of private equity firms

Will rabi harvest and procurement script rural recovery amid farmers' stir?

A sharp drop in returns could exacerbate farmers' woes and fuel the ongoing protest; rabi crops currently being harvested are grown mostly in the Northern parts of the country, the hotbed of the stir

MGNREGA sees negligible increase in minimum wages in the time of Covid-19

The 4% rise in average all-India minimum wages is almost the same as CPI inflation rate between 2015-16 and 2019-20, meaning that in real terms, the increase has been insignificant

Centre, Delhi govt spar over 'doorstep delivery of ration' scheme

The ruling AAP has vociferously opposed the Bill, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal saying that the struggle against the legislation will continue.

Summer crop acreage sees 15.34% growth over last year, shows data

Sowing for these crops largely starts around March and the crop is harvested in June to coincide with the advent of the southwest monsoon.

Chana prices fall below MSP in several major mandis: Check details here

Chana production is expected to be over 11.6 million tonnes this year

Panel considers a Gujarat-like model of staggered payments to cane growers

Farm leaders object to Gujarat-like model, say can't take pay in tranches

States pull out a stock of sops and promises to woo the disgruntled farmer

What's on offer: Separate agricultural budgets, free water, stepped up direct transfers and a lot more

Centre to procure 9.5% more wheat this year amid farmers' protests

Procurement from Punjab, which is the hotbed of agitation, is expected to be around 13 million tonnes, slightly more than the actual procurement of this year