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Locust attack badly-timed serious infestation: Environment min official

Soumitra Dasgupta, Inspector General, Wildlife, Ministry of Environment said it is the desert locust which has attacked India in huge numbers and may lead to crop losses.

Defence reforms: Indian manufacturers looking to ride the opportunity

FM Nirmala Sitharaman had announced a series of measures to boost investments in India's defence and aerospace sector last week as part of the tranche 4 of the Rs 20 trillion economic stimulus

Existing APMC laws restrict trade, competition: Ramesh Chand of NITI Aayog

He says that the APMC system did not evolve with changes in time and requirement

Poor, farm sector likely to be FM Nirmala Sitharaman's next focus

Some of the sectors which have been worst affected by the pandemic and the lockdown include hospitality, tourism, aviation, logistics, e-commerce, automobiles, manufacturing and others

Sonia launches Nyay scheme in C'garh, says farmers will become self-reliant

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi also lauded the Chhattisgarh government for launching the scheme at a time when the poor and farmers were facing hardships due to the coronavirus

Covid-19 crisis: Slippages may jump to Rs 5.5 trillion, says India Ratings

Credit costs could touch Rs 2.7 trillion

Rs 1-trn fund, bee keeping: FM Sitharaman's 11 steps to help farmers

Government sets up Rs 1 trillion Agri-Infrastructure Fund, which will focus on short-term crop loan and investment in long-term agriculture infra

A 'Jai Kisan' stimulus: FM Sitharaman pushes long-sought agri reforms

The Centre will have to wait for Parliament's monsoon session or bring in Ordinances

Sitharaman brings farm sector reforms, to deregulate onion, potato prices

Stock limits will be imposed only under exceptional circumstances like national calamities and famine, said the FM

Fresh worries for agrochemical majors as govt mulls ban on 27 chemicals

Net impact would depend on final list of chemicals to be banned and companies' move to diversify portfolio

Stimulus 2.0: Reforms good, implementation a challenge, say food firms

The reason is the "well-oiled system" that exists right now, preventing farmers from approaching buyers directly.

All 9 Steps FM Nirmala Sitharaman announced in second tranche

Listen to the podcast to know about all the nine measures Finance Minister announced today

Centre may extend lockdown beyond May 17 with easier norms for business

PM assures resumption of more economic activities; zone identification may be left to states

Lockdown 3.0: Rural India may drive demand recovery amid Covid-19 crisis

Top executives at auto, tractor and consumer packaged goods firms are optimistic. They are betting on the reverse migration of labourers boosting consumption and prediction of a favourable monsoon.

Public sector banks sanctioned Rs 5.66 trn in loans during March-April: FM

During March-April 2020, PSBs sanctioned loans worth Rs 5.66 lakh cr for more than 41.81 lakh accounts

PM-led meet dwells on crop biotech, format for capital infusion in farming

Modi holds meeting on agro marketing reforms amid Covid lockdown; stresses on need to protect small farmer

Let the enterprise of our people take its course, Rajan tells Rahul Gandhi

Rajan said,the elements of creating capabilities is better education, better health care, better infrastructure

Liquor shops to schools: What's open, what's not as India extends lockdown

Districts will be tagged as red, green and orange zones based on severity of coronavirus cases in extended lockdown.

Lockdown 2.0: Farm sector may be sole bright spot this year, says govt

Expects over 3 per cent growth 2020-21; May give 0.5-1.0% push to country's overall GDP

Covid-19: Panic in Azadpur mandi after death; officials say ops to continue

In the last few days, some traders threatened to suspend their operations following the death of a trader due to Covid-19 and after rumours apread that two more mandi workers had got infected.