-The Economic Times PUNE / NEW DELHI: Present weather conditions indicate possibility of a normal monsoon in 2017, although there is a chance of a weak El Niño — a weather phenomenon associated with poor rains in India — emerging towards the end of the rainy season in September, the weather office has said. However, the monsoon forecast may not remain comfortable if El Niño makes an early appearance. Having briefly emerged from...
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Haryana to come out with scheme to make farming a profitable venture -Manvir Saini
-The Times of India CHANDIGARH: Haryana government is implementing a number of schemes to uplift the farmers through provisions of subsidies, increased productivity and marketing of produce to help them in making farming profitable. Agriculture and farmers' welfare minister OP Dhankar said on Thursday in a written reply to a question put up by INLD MLA Parminder Singh Dhull during ongoing budget session of state assembly here. The schemes having special provisions...
More »Need internet to buy PDS rations? Go climb a tree -Geetha Sunil Pillai
-The Times of India UDAIPUR: Buying rations in Kotra, a backward settlement around 125km from Udaipur, now requires a vital skill: tree-climbing. At many centres here, it is a common sight to see men and women perched on tree branches, waiting for hours for their turn to get their fingerprints and biometrics verified by the PoS (point of sale) machines. That done, they climb down and walk back miles to the ration...
More »550 students in Attapadi are malnourished: Min
-The Times of India Thiruvananthapuram: A medical examination of 8,200 tribal children in 33 schools in Attapadi has revealed that 550 of them are having haemoglobin count less than the preferred level, minister for SC, ST, backward classes and law A K Balan said. Replying to a submission by MLA N Shamsuddin, the minister said that the 550 students had their haemoglobin count less than 10g, against the normal value of 12g....
More »Farmers in Rajasthan pray for favourable weather
-The Times of India JAIPUR: Already upset with the abnormal weather conditions during March and April for two consecutive years, the farmers in Hadoti region and other parts of the state are jittery again.Though no abnormal conditions hinting at hail or dust storm have been witnessed so far, the farmers are praying to their local deities asking for favourable weather. It may be recalled that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had presented `Krishi...
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