-The Hindu Overall, the Budget places considerable emphasis on agricultural renewal and agrarian prosperity. Obviously, the allocations are small but a beginning has been made to look at the problems in farming in a more holistic manner. The Union Budget is a resource allocation exercise. The priorities in the allocation were indicated in the address of the President to Parliament on June 9. While the President's address provides a framework for political...

-The Pioneer India's water distribution and consumption systems must be sustainable, drought-proofed, and adapted to climate change. Then the country can move from ‘drought-relief' status to a position where it has relief from droughts The Indian Meteorological Department is still unsure of the timing and the intensity of El Niño, further raising the grim prospect of insufficient monsoons and an imminent drought poised to affect many parts of the country. According...

-Press Information Bureau/ Ministry of Finance · Record food grains production of 264.4 mt in the year 2013-14 · Record production of oilseeds of 32.4 mt in the year 2013-14 · Record production of pulses of 19.6 mt in the year 2013-14 · ...

-PTI Delay in onset of monsoon and its slow progress have led to late sowing of paddy, pulses, oilseeds and cotton, but the sowing window is available till early August and its coverage is expected to improve with progress of rains, the Government told the Lok Sabha today. Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said the Government has taken several measures to address "any situation" arising due to deficiency in rainfall. "Delay in...

-Press Information Bureau/ Ministry of Finance India recorded a peak production of milk at 132.43 mt in the year 2012-13 according to the Economic Survey for 2013-14, released in New Delhi today. India ranks first in global milk production and accounts for 17 per cent of world production. Milk production has become an important secondary source of income for 70 million rural households engaged in dairying and for 70 per cent...