agriculture sector
CII-T, agriculture varsity ink pact for joint venture
As part of the MoU, the university will acts as a knowledge partner for addressing various improvement in the agricultural sector.
Normal monsoon may prompt rate cuts by RBI in August: report
RBI is expected to go for a 25 basis points rate cut in key rates in its policy review meet in August.
India should move out of agriculture into industry, services: Raghuram Rajan
Country needs to embrace technology and become a leader in the digital transformation taking place around the globe.
Policy ensuring MSP 50 per cent higher than production cost to come soon
Government is also drafting a contract farming law, which will be finalised soon after taking public comments.
FDI in agriculture sector up at Rs 611.28 crore till December of FY18
FDI in agriculture was Rs 515.9 crore in the entire 2016-17 fiscal, Rs 553.14 crore in 2015-16.
RBI gets tough on MNC banks, asks them to create sub-targets to meet PSL norms
All bank loans to MSMEs will now qualify under PSL without any credit cap.
India's December quarter GDP growth likely to be 7 per cent: report
GDP grew by 6.3 per cent in July-September quarter of the fiscal, up from 5.7 per cent in first quarter.
Union Budget 2018 aims to transform farm sector in a big way: Agriculture Secretary
The farm credit target has been raised to Rs 11 lakh crore for 2018-19 from Rs 10 lakh crore this year
Govt to take steps to promote agri commodity exports: Jaitley
India's agri exports potential is as high as USD 100 billion against a current export of USD 30 billion.
Budget for agriculture-research likely to go up 15 per cent in 2018-19
Total budget to around Rs 7,000 crore for agri-research and extension activities for this year.