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Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI/File)

PM Modi launches Kisan scheme, over 1 crore farmers get 1st instalment

PM-KISAN scheme under which Rs 6,000 per year will be given in three instalments to 12 cr small and marginal farmers.

24 Feb 2019 1:55 PM IST

Maharashra CM Devendra Fadnavis

Maharashtra farmers to get Rs 500 per quintal paddy bonus: Fadnavis

NDA govt at the Centre had last year hiked MSP of paddy by a sharp Rs 200 per quintal for the 2018-19 crop year.

24 Feb 2019 1:43 PM IST

Ram Vilas Paswan

States must take steps to ensure payment of Rs 20,000 cr to cane...

The Centre last week raised the benchmark price of sugar sold at factory gate to Rs 31 per kg from Rs 29 per kg earlier.

20 Feb 2019 12:21 PM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi addressed a rally in Dholpurs Mania area. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Modi govt wrote off 3.5 lakh crore debt of industrialists: Rahul...

The Congress chief reiterated that the PMO was directly involved in conducting negotiations with the French side on the...

8 Feb 2019 6:35 PM IST

Around 2,000 protestors submitted the memorandum to an official in this regard. In the memorandum, 14 concerns have been raised against the bullet train project. (Photo: ANI)

Gujarat: Farmers hold protest against bullet train project

Farmer leader Jayesh Patel said that the land which the government plans to acquire is a green belt.

7 Feb 2019 10:35 AM IST

Revenue deficit target of 2 per cent of GDP will be met in current fiscal, the deficit would be 1.9 per cent in the next.

Cash transfer to farmers, middle-class tax relief to boost growth:...

GST collections will continue to pose risks to indirect tax collections if they fall short of budgeted expectations.

5 Feb 2019 5:47 PM IST

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said waiving farm loans is a small step towards addressing agriculture distress and a new green revolution is needed to resolve the problem. (Photo: Twitter | @INCIndia)

Patna University to get central university status, if Congress voted...

Rahul promised a guaranteed minimum income to the poor if the Congress comes to power following the upcoming Lok Sabha...

3 Feb 2019 5:47 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday assured the people of Assam that no genuine citizen will be left out of the NRC and hoped that the citizenship bill will be soon get Parliaments nod. (Photo: Twitter/BJP4India)

Congress uses farm loan waivers to win elections: PM Modi

Ridiculing the loan waivers given by the Congress in Madhya Pradesh, the PM said some beneficiaries have been given...

3 Feb 2019 5:10 PM IST

Farmers protest at the DND flyover in Noida on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

500 farmers stage protest at DND, end stir with a warning

The farmers, numbering around 500 from Gautam Buddh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Aligarh, and Meerut, had stayed put until Saturday...

3 Feb 2019 7:54 AM IST

Almost 81 lakh farmers enrolled for the scheme in 2017 and nearly Rs 3,400 crore was transferred to the insurance companies.

States asked to quickly identify small farmers for income support...

Govt has already earmarked Rs 20,000 cr for disbursement in the current fiscal to an estimated 12 cr farmers.

2 Feb 2019 3:06 PM IST

As the downward spiral of the rupee continues, its effect will be felt in the government not being able to hold the fiscal deficit, inflation in oil and other imports, the fall of investments made in the stock market and the increased cost to companies in repaying foreign loans.

India's sovereign rating profile to be evaluated based on...

The government's projections suggest a stabilisation of the central government deficit at 3.4 per cent of GDP next year.

2 Feb 2019 1:29 PM IST

Nisha Desai Biswal, former Indian-American assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia (Photo: Facebook)

Top US advocacy group praises Piyush Goyal for the positive elements

The interim Budget comes after the disappointing moves made by the Union government to control a quick execution in its...

2 Feb 2019 11:35 AM IST