Retail price of onions has surged to Rs. 60-70 a kg within a couple of days NOCs will not be issued to exporters till January 15 Minimum export price raised to $1,200 a tonne The government on Monday announced suspension of onion exports till January 15 in a last-minute effort to cool prices of the poor man's essential vegetable from the prevailing high of Rs. 60-70 a kg. In a twin strategy, while the...
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Dams before cash in bank by Amit Gupta
What is life like at a water-strapped village, after its 15 minutes of fame? The hitherto nondescript Doba under Kudu block of Lohardaga district, with a population of less than 1,500, was thrust into flashbulbs during Wednesday’s high-profile visit of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor D. Subbarao, who came with a team comprising chief secretary A.K. Singh and senior officials of nationalised banks. Not surprisingly, a hasty whitewash preceded the celebrity...
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Rajasthan Energy Minister Jitendra Singh has said that farmers waiting for electricity connections would be given agricultural power connections on priority and the “entire backlog” across the State would be cleared by this month-end. Addressing a review meeting at the Vidyut Vitaran Nigam headquarters in Jodhpur on Thursday, Mr. Singh said the prompt release of power connections would facilitate proper irrigation of rabi crops. “We wish to maintain the pace of agricultural...
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There has been no major impact on wheat production of the rising temperature in India, Minister of State for Agriculture K.V. Thomas said on 4th December even as experts say global warming threat looms large over farm productivity.There is no major impact observed on wheat production due to rising temperature in the recent past. There has been an increasing trend in wheat production since 2007-08, Thomas said in a written...
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A target to distribute 1,00,848 quintals of seed has been fixed for the rabi crop in 2010-11, district magistrate Sanjay Prasad said. The target for urea has been fixed to 95,000 metric tonnes while the availability is 32,977 metric tonnes. Similarly, target for DAP is 33,000 metric tonnes while availability is 32,088 metric tonnes. He informed that awareness is being created regarding use of zinc sulphate for the wheat crop....
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