Agriculture
India not to concede ground on agriculture at WTO meet
31 Aug 2009
India will not agree to any change in the approach to the ‘Doha Round’ of trade negotiations, as it prepares to host a ‘mini-summit’ in advance of the next round of international trade talks. Jagdeep Worah reports
Punjab seeks Rs7410 crore drought relief package
27 Aug 2009
Scrapped RIL farm project unviable, says Punjab
24 Aug 2009
Pranab hints at import of edible oils, pulses
21 Aug 2009
The government has kept the option of food imports open as the current drought has seriously affected production of kharif crops
Pawar talks to producers as sugar prices soar
19 Aug 2009
Winter crop too may be poor, admits IMD
14 Aug 2009
About 45 per cent of India’s land degraded and useless: Ramesh
12 Aug 2009
Amid a rotten monsoon comes an official report that most of India’s land is not only deforested but also unfit for cultivation
Monsoon remains shaky as ‘trough’ vanishes
03 Aug 2009
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