The move comes amid reports that new wheat crop prices in Madhya Pradesh, which is one the biggest growing state has fallen to below the MSP of Rs 1,625 per 100 kilograms due to bumper harvest.
Modi government expects cargo traffic at its ports to jump by two-thirds by 2021 as India ramps up exports of goods including cars and other machinery.
The weather office forecasts monsoon rains to be above average this year after the droughts ravaged crops and worsened rural distress
Government will start to auction the rights to up to 70 diamond and gold exploration zones to mining companies this year
India does not have a unified regulatory regime to counter Ponzi, or pyramid, schemes whose operators typically grab new deposits to meet their promise of guaranteed returns to existing savers, point out Manoj Kumar and Mayank Bhardwaj.
Millions of farmers plant rice, cane, corn, cotton and soybean crops in the rainy months of June and July. Harvesting starts from October
Labour unions, with a history of hostility towards management, are pushing back on Coal India's plans, fearing modernization and outsourcing will hit jobs.
Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in the south, and Rajasthan and Gujarat in the west, are the country's top producers of limestone
India, which wants to double its coal output by 2020, in February raised the tax on mining coal to $6 per tonne from $1 in a bid to make it more expensive to consume the dirty fuel
Monsoon is critical for the country's 263 million farmers and their rice, cane, corn, cotton and soybean crops because nearly half of its farmland lacks irrigation.
To meet the target, agriculture must grow at 15% compared to average of below 2% over the past four years
Monsanto has taken the government to court over the royalty.
Modi's irrigation push in the Budget is aimed at scoring on the political front along with achieving growth targets
Money will be earmarked for the social sector - especially rural districts that house three-fifths of voters
Every year Indians consume about 22 million tonnes of lentils
India plans to double coal production by 2020
The ethanol vehicles will have the flexibility to switch to other fuels
'It is quite natural for our farmers to go for rice and cane when both power and water are almost free.'
The whitefly outbreak has intensified a debate over GM crops just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office reviews a proposal to allow farmers to grow GM mustard.
India will also launch a sovereign gold bond to lower physical demand.
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