New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- After an overwhelmingly strong spell of rains in August, India is set for an even wetter month as the weather bureau has forecast over 109% of normal rainfall in September, the l... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- The government is set to expand the use of digital technology to deliver agricultural services and foster greater private sector participation in schemes run jointly with industr... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- When farmers sow seeds that fail to sprout, the result can be devastating-lost harvests, mounting debts, and shattered livelihoods. Last year alone, inspectors found more than 32... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- After months of disruption in supply, India is set to receive consignments of specialty fertilizers from Beijing in the coming 20-25 days, following assurances by China's foreign... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- The Centre is set to launch a dedicated portal, SAMARTH Panchayat, to help the country's rural local bodies track and manage their tax and non-tax revenues and bring transparency... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- Maharashtra, India's largest state economy and home to the country's biggest business groups, has emerged as the top recipient of payouts under the Centre's flagship crop insuran... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- Poverty and squalor dominate the popular perception of a typical Indian village. But there are some villages, particularly in the country's western and southern states, that gene... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- The government is working on a framework to help village councils (panchayats) generate their own revenue and become financially autonomous, carrying out development works withou... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- India plans to share its digital rural-land mapping model with other countries after the government's push to take the unified payments interface (UPI) overseas as part of the na... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- The panchayati raj ministry will host 210 panchayat representatives from 28 states and Union territories as special guests for the Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort i... Read More