Says conditions cited by the Centre are not applicable to the State  State fears it will affect flexibility of schemes…

The MoU is also intended to give a push to private investment in agriculture  The government last week quietly secured…

The Centre has given the State a “very poor” rating The number of claims has jumped to 3,03,960 by the…

Though people oppose refinery expansion, officials record their statements as favourable for project  The official record of the public hearing…

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has convened a meeting of the Ministers concerned with genetically modified (GM) crops on Wednesday. Agriculture…

Statistical poverty lines should not become real-life eligibility criteria for food entitlements.  Nothing is easier than to recognise a poor…

In the face of mounting criticism on the way the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mgnregs) was being…

The Central Statistical Organisation estimate of overall GDP being likely to grow at 7.2 per cent this year has brought…

The government is likely to raise the income threshold to define the economically weaker section (EWS) to about Rs 6,000…

One of the claims Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh made to justify his freeze on Bt brinjal was that the Bt…

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said a survey would be conducted to know the exact number of nomad community…

A group of men allegedly set a 25-year-old Dalit woman on fire after she objected to molestation by them in…

Central scheme boosts crop yields significantly, but suffers as NREGA’s success eats into the available workforce S. Mallika, 27, is…

With seven months of drought each year, Indian farmers are rarely far from disaster. Could the answer be as simple…

A wretched, forsaken corner of the world’s biggest democracy SURROUNDED by troops, the suspected militant saw the vehicle already waiting…