-The Hindu Business Line India has eased entry barriers after losing WTO case to the US Chennai/ Hyderabad: As dumping of chicken legs by the US becomes imminent after India lost the case at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the Rs. 50,000-crore domestic poultry industry proposes to approach the Centre seeking protection of its interests. “There is no level playing field. We are planning to ask the government to either ban import of...

-The Indian Express It's likely that India's crop production this year will be lower compared to 2013-14, given deficient rains both in the southwest (June-September) and northeast (October-December) monsoons impacting kharif as well as rabi plantings. But that by itself needn't be cause for concern. We have seen one-off farm output declines even in 2009-10, 2004-05 and 2002-03, which were also drought years. What should worry us more, instead, is the...