Food Grain
HC notice to Centre on plea to extend food security benefits to the disabled
The plea further sought directions to the Centre to consider persons with disabilities even without ration cards to be included under the National Food Security Act
1 min read7 Jul 2020Amit Shah targets Mamata Banerjee over panchayat polls, development issues
BJP president Amit Shah said some 20 million people were not allowed to vote, referring to the wide-spread violence witnessed during the panchayat elections in West Bengal
2 min read29 Jun 2018WTO meet: India needs to stand by farmers
Developing countries must ensure that WTO is not reduced to a permanent satellite of Washington and Brussels
4 min read10 Nov 2015Rice, corn harvests seen declining on weak monsoon rain
Agriculture ministry's first advance estimates project this year's summer crop at 120.27 mt, 7% below last year's
3 min read20 Sep 2014Record food grain production in a high inflation year
For 2014-15, the government has set a target of producing 261 million tonnes of food grains
1 min read14 Aug 2014Centre limits states' power to declare bonuses on MSP
Bonuses over MSP distort market and cultivation patterns, increase subsidy burden, says Centre
2 min read9 Aug 2014India increases wheat harvest estimate to near record on weather
The production will be 93.6 million metric tons in the year ending June against a record 94.9 million tons a year earlier
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