-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: The monsoon is likely to start withdrawing from September 1 from west Rajasthan, posing a problem for Farmers in the northwest region which has not received adequate rains during the season this year. India receives 70% of annual rains during the four-month monsoon which lasts till September. Meteorologists said the monsoon is likely to begin its retreat over the next one week, unless a western disturbance brings...

-The Times of India KOLHAPUR: As many as one lakh families of Farmers in the state opted out of agriculture, their sole profession, in the last five years, according to the latest agriculture Census figures. Experts expressed fears that the trend might continue with the availability of other income sources and tolerance level of the Farmers reaching its peak. The final figures of agricultural land holdings for 2015-16 will be released later. According...

-The Indian Express The BJP argued that the “competitive federalism” created by the move would put the onus of development on Congress-ruled states Even as the Congress claimed credit for the NDA government’s retreat on the land acquisition Bill, the BJP argued that the “competitive federalism” created by the move would put the onus of development on Congress-ruled states and would give BJP the political mileage in the states where it...

-Business Standard Mobile commerce venture AgroStar supplies seeds and fertiliser to Farmers. As the company expands, delivery will be a challenge Navinbhai Karsanbhai Patel, a Farmer from Navanagar in Gujarat, used to have a hard time securing quality inputs for his four-acre farm. That was before he got to know about AgroStar's offerings. His association with the company, now 18 months old, has resulted in 300 missed calls to the helpline number...

-The Indian Express Wells dry up across 8 districts, storage down to less than 8%, residents trudge long distances, officials brace for worst drinking water crisis in 40 years. Beed/ Parbhani (Maharashtra): Seventy-year-old Parobai Shinde, carrying an aluminium pot that has seen better days, is briskly walking the 2-km stretch from her home in Manyarwadi village in Georai taluka in Beed district to Bharat Sonmali’s field. Sonmali is reploughing his 30...