Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar will head the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on the effective management of issues related to drought. The EGoM, constituted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh......
Key United Progressive Alliance ally Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said the Centre's ruling coalition had become "vulnerable" after the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s......
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has convened a meeting of senior ministers on Tuesday to discuss the recommendations of the National Advisory Council on the Food Security Bill.The meeting would be......
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh faced a difficult situation on Thursday night when Railway Minister Mamta Banerjee prepared to walk out of the Cabinet meeting in a huff. Dr Singh at once persuaded......
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Hyderabad on Monday night on a day's visit to the state. He was received at the Begumpet airport by Governor Rameshwar Thakur, Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhar......
With the prices of essential commodities reaching alarming levels, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hold a high-level meeting on Tuesday to discuss the issue of food inflation which crossed 18......
Higher prices of milk, fruits and pulses pushed food inflation to 17.70 per cent for the week ended March 27, fueling expectations that Reserve Bank of India may further tighten rates in its annual......
As food inflation spiralled to over 17 per cent, the governmentsaid on Monday that the price situation is being reviewed regularly and surge in prices of essential items would be controlled soon.......
The Union government has reconstituted the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as its chairman.The reconstituted CCEA would have ten other ministers including......
A decision on the legal right of the poor to get wheat or rice at Rs 3 per kg was deferred on Thursday as Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar could not attend the meeting of a panel of......