-The Hindu Business Line Lingering distress in the SECtor may force the govt to think innovatively New Delhi: Agriculture SECtor, which suffered badly despite higher production in the last two years, may be a key focus area for the NDA government, when it presents its last full-fledged Union Budget before the 2019 general elections. Attending a function recently in the Capital, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley unequivocally said that that the farm SECtor...
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If it's a farm budget from Arun Jaitley, then it needs to be a smart one
-The Economic Times Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has given ample hint that Budget 2018 is going to be a farmer's Budget. Jaitley has said the agriculture SECtor is the top priority for the government because the country's economic growth is not justifiable and equitable unless the benefits were clear and evident in the farm SECtor. After launching options trading in guar seed on commodity exchange NCDEX yesterday, Jaitley said, "We see in...
More »Health boss sent on leave
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Union health ministry has asked its senior-most medical officer who oversees the implementation of the government's myriad health and family welfare programmes to go on leave and asked the SECond-in-command to take his position. In an order issued on Tuesday, the ministry asked Jagdish Prasad, the director-general of health services (DGHS), to "proceed on earned leave for 15 days... today afternoon" and assigned his charge to B.D....
More »Warm winter spells doom for farm, tourism SECtors in Himalayan states - Saurabh Chauhan, Anupam Trivedi and Malavika Vyawahare
-Hindustan Times The Rs 7,000-crore SECtor in Himalayan states reels under high temperature, low rainfall The drought-like situation prevailing in the northwest Himalayas may spell bad news for the Rs 7,000-crore apple economy that sustains people residing in the upper regions of Himachal Pradesh and Kashmir. This winter has been one of the warmest in the last decade, weather department officials said. Apple orchards usually need 500 to 1,000 chilling hours (with temperatures ranging...
More »Towards solar-powered agriculture -Abhishek Jain
-The Hindu India must exploit the potential of this technology to help farmers meet irrigation needs In the past few years, solar pumps have consistently piqued the interest of various bureaucrats and politicians. The Prime Minister spoke about solar pumps from the ramparts of the Red Fort in 2016. There is no shortage of ideas which the Centre, States, civil society organisations, and enterprises are adopting to enhance penetration of solar for...
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