Currently, financial conditions in India are easiest seen in two years, says CRISIL. As per the ratings agency, the RBI's sharp rate cuts and unconventional measures have helped ease financial conditions

Making a case for another white revolution, the SBI Ecowrap report states that India is no more just a cereal granary and states are producing diversified crops and it is time that we go for white revolution

The volley of questions at Committee on Agriculture of the World Trade Organisation has come at a time when India has amended its laws to further liberalise its agricultural trade

The government has kept a target to procure 113 lakh tonnes of rice from Punjab and 44 lakh tonnes from Haryana during the kharif marketing season

\"In all these very grim scenarios, there are some silver linings and we have to see how we leverage them as we near total recovery of the economy,\" he said

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The devastating impact of coronavirus on the economy is becoming increasingly clear

Getting the basics right holds the key. This would involve first acknowledging that a large population has lost incomes, savings and jobs and second, consumption drives the economic growth which had already been weakened even before the pandemic hit

FCI has a huge stockpile of 58.49 million tonne foodgrains (as of March 10), of which 30.57 million tonne is rice alone, while the rest is wheat; Rahul Gandhi slams government for not making excess food available for a vast majority of people who can't afford it

P Chidambaram says both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman have failed to address these issues as \"nation watches helplessly\"

While starvation is just one of the concerns, unexpected loss of income and savings can have serious consequences, even if meals are secured for now, said economists

Coronavirus lockdown extension: All facilities in supply chain of essential goods from manufacturing to e-commerce will be allowed without any restriction on timing

Coronavirus in India Live Updates: Number of 'containment zones in Delhi raised to 30 with addition of 6 new areas including Nabi Karim, E pocket GTB Enclave, Street No. 18 to 22 of Zakir Nagar and nearby area of Abu Bakar Masjid, Zakir Nagar

Three quick policy measures can be taken to ensure income and credit flows: direct procurement, direct cash transfers to farmers as well as landless labourers and interest subvention through cash transfers and in KCC mode

They also called for ensuring the contract employees are retained by public sector units and also pay them full wages

It is not difficult to identify the vulnerable-landless labourers, petty traders, tailors, barbers, construction workers, rickshaw/auto/Ola/Uber drivers and many others, nor is to reach them after the Jan-Dhan and Aadhaar programmes

Coronavirus outbreak in India latest news: The two persons, from Pilibhit and Kanpur, who had travel history to the Middle East and the US have been tested positive for COVID-19

New disclosed data on extra-budgetary resources shows the government expects to raise Rs 1.86 lakh crore through extra budgetary resources in 2020-21 compared to Rs 1.73 lakh crore in 2019-20