-Outlook Foodgrains production in 2012-13 will be lower than last year's record output of 257.44 million tonnes but availability would be sufficient to meet domestic demand, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said today. Addressing the Economic Editors Conference, he said the government would make efforts to compensate the projected fall in kharif foodgrains output during the ongoing rabi season. "This year, production will definitely be less than last year. Last year was exceptional year,...
More »SEARCH RESULT
Total Matching Records found : 217
Water lifeline revives Bharatpur after 10 years -Palak Nandi
-The Times of India JAIPUR/NEW DELHI: After battling water shortages for 10 long years, Bharatpur is again ready to host winged visitors in numbers not seen in the bird sanctuary since the 1990s. Water from the Goverdhan drain reached the park last week, promising a permanent solution to the water woes of Keoladeo Ghana National Park. The Goverdhan project, which became functional last Friday, uses a 17.4km pipeline to pump Yamuna flood...
More »Karnataka facing drought: Top official
-IANS BANGALORE: Karnataka is facing a drought and water levels in reservoirs across the Cauvery river basin have dropped due to deficit rains, a Central Water Commission (CWC) official said on Saturday. "I have realised that there is drought in Karnataka due to deficit rainfall and water levels in the reservoirs of Cauvery are lower than last year due to a weak monsoon," CWC member KC Jacob told reporters here. Assuring the state...
More »Monsoon on way out
-PTI The southwest monsoon that accounts for more than 70 per cent of the country’s annual rainfall is set to withdraw from northern and parts of western India in the next 48 hours. The monsoon has brought bountiful showers since August in a late rally that has cheered millions of farmers. This will be the seventh straight year when the withdrawal, which normally begins in the first week of September, has been delayed...
More »Monsoon revival unlikely to boost food production; food prices likely to go up- Rituraj Tiwari
-The Economic Times A late revival of monsoon may have narrowed the rain deficit to single digit (9%) but it is unlikely to help boost food grains production. "There would be a decline in the overall food grains production. There would be some drop in the production of pulses and coarse cereals," said Agriculture Secretary Ashish Bahuguna. He said the indication will start coming after the first advance estimates of the kharif...
More »
