At present, the Met department is often unable to provide exact information on the exact amount of rain over a localised area.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked NITI Aayog to frame policies to propel India into the next century.

All officers have been directed to open accounts on the microblogging site.

The committee would submit its report in the next two weeks.

There are about 85 million milch cows -- those that produce milk -- in the country.

The review stresses on creating conditions for growth that is employment-friendly.

DD Kisan in the past year has clocked an average direct viewership of 500,000 to 10 million.

Official panel points to bid deficiencies in rural job guarantee, pensions, housing and other programmes.

Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh (all BJP-ruled), Karnataka, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar, Assam, West Bengal and Kerala are among the worst performers.

Agriculture and processed food exports dropped to a five-year low of $24 billion in 2015-16.

Wheat will be now be sold to the schemes at Rs 2 per kg, while rice would be given at Rs 3 per kg.

In many parts of central and north India, monsoon reaches only in July.

Skymet is credited with correctly predicting the 2009 drought.

Recommends delisting of chana futures, open to lowering sugar import duty

There is no foodgrain shortage in the country as our total storage capacity is more than 81 million tonnes, while the public distribution system requirement is 61 million tonnes, says Ram Vilas Paswan.

Centre could ban wheat import from Bangladesh, apart from restricting cultivation in West Bengal and Assam

Vegetables tend to get damaged faster during summers.

The proposed bullet train will run between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.

The India Meteorological Department's first monsoon forecast for this year would have gladdened many a heart with the hope of plentiful rain, after two drought years.

The zones, says Panagariya, would have to be set up near deep-draft ports, capable of accommodating very large and heavily loaded ships