Iran's rupee reserves in India's UCO and IDBI Bank, the two lenders authorised to facilitate rupee trade, have depleted significantly

The Bombay Plan, authored by the doyens of industry in 1944 first envisioned state planning, state ownership and control of industries to make India \"self-sufficient\" long before Nehru's ideas took root

The 'Model Bill' intends to ensure protection of farmers from exploitation by middlemen and large corporate entities

During 2020-21, a total of 2,200 FPO produce clusters have been allocated for formation of FPOs, which also include specialised FPO produce clusters such as 100 for organic, 100 for oil seeds

India cut the basic import tax on crude palm oil to 15% from 27.5%, but imposed a 17.5% \"cess\" - a separate tax - on the imports, Sitharaman said in her federal budget speech

In a press conference at the Singhu border, farmers' unions seemed disgruntled by the government for \"ignoring\" them in the Union Budget speech. They accused the government of alleged harassment, as they said that water and power supplies to the protest sites had been curtailed

Union Budget 2021 Highlights: Congress leader P. Chidambaram said that the government had only marginally raised health funding, which when adjusted to inflation becomes nil

As farmers' protest at Delhi borders against the contentious laws continues unabated, Pawar said in a series of tweets that the MSP mechanism should be strengthened further

According to the Survey, the reforms in agriculture that are being brought about through these laws have been sought by various expert committees for the last 20 years

The Agri warehousing and Agri-NBFC sectors have a lot of expectations from the upcoming budget as the growth of these two sectors is essential for the growth of agriculture in the country

Delhi Tractor Rally update: Plea says a three-member inquiry commission under the chairmanship of a former top court judge and two retired high court judges should be set up for collecting and recording evidence

Farmers' protest: The Bhartiya Kisan Union Lokshakti said the principle of natural justice is going to be violated as those appointed to the four-member committee have already supported these laws

Farmers' protest: The three-judge bench of CJI SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian pronounced the order. The bench said that the steps taken by the Centre to break the impasse have not yielded desired results

Most successful, industrialised and fast-growing Asian economies like Japan, South Korea, China, and Vietnam followed this model, as did Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Why can't India?

The meeting between representatives of the Centre and 40 farmer unions began at 2:00 pm on Wednesday at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi

Govt, in its letter to over 40 farm unions, has said it's ready to discuss all issues of concerns, including the MSP, despite that it has nothing to do with passing of three agri-marketing bills

The five point strategies suggested by the SBI includes setting up contract farming institution, inserting quantity guarantee clause instead of MSP, converting MSP to floor price of auction on eNAM, strengthening APMC market infrastructure and revisiting KCC scheme

India's national agriculture policy is 20 years old and its response to farm crisis continues to be ad hoc, primarily focused on letting private players provide infrastructure and better remuneration to farmers who have consistently failed to deliver

Bharat Bandh: The 4-hour Bharat bandh will affect transport services, especially in the NCR region. From transport bodies to cab services, several unions have backed farmers' agitation

Canada has been having a video-call since March 15 with Foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, Singapore, Brazil, France, Germany and Italy. On November 3, Jaishankar participated in the 11th call of the ministerial coordination group on COVID-19 hosted by Canada