Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said a new agriculture export policy will be unveiled soon to boost farm income as the government is on track to achieve the target of doubling farmers' income by 2022.

Needless to say the rapid changes at the top of Air India does not give any chairman enough time to make any substantive changes to the carrier.

The new policy proposes to revamp the Industrial Policy of 1991, and has been billed as the first major overhaul in nearly three decades.

From the 3,000 applications received, 50 startups were shortlisted. All of them underwent training and mentorship programme for a week at IIM-A on business model, customer expectation, and commercialisation.

The bill - Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Bill 2018 - aims at giving relief to the homebuyers by recognising them as financial creditors, a status that will make them an integral part of  Committee of Creditors while dealing with bankruptcy cases.

A dairy farmer from Jaipur said that his earnings have increased by 30 per cent. Cow urine is in high demand from people who indulge in organic farming.

The report surveyed 695 small, medium and large companies across 16 sectors in eight cities to understand the hiring sentiments.

The NDA regime has announced a steep increase in minimum support price for 14 kharif crops. The question is, will this mitigate the mounting rural distress? Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh walks Business Today through his blueprint for increased procurement and distribution.

A draft 'Punjab State Farmers' Policy', put out for stakeholder consultations by PSFC identifies over a dozen key areas where government attention is necessary.

Maharashtra milk producers are getting Rs 16 to Rs 19 a litre of milk as against an average milk procurement rate of Rs 25 per litre in other milk producing states like UP, MP.

The report says despite all its achievements, Indian agriculture is still grappling with challenges like high monsoon dependency, unpredictable weather patterns, reduction in arable land, low per hectare yield, lower farmer incomes, etc.

While the farmers were expecting the government to be more generous, the announced hike is just enough to meet an increase in input costs from last year.

Mukesh Ambani's speech lacked usual big project announcements and investment plans. He can't be blamed for it as the company is concluding its Rs 4-lakh crore capital expenditure cycle, which includes Rs 2.5-lakh crore for creating digital business and Rs 1.5-lakh crore for petrochemical and refining projects.

Arun Jaitley calls for amendments in graft law, says it's anarchic and hurts decision makingUnion Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday called for amendments in the Prevention of Corruption Act -- a graft law that the Minister described as anarchic and one of the most badly drafted pieces of legislations. His statement came weeks after the Pune police on June 21 arrested the entire top management of the state-run Bank of Maharashtra for a loan of Rs 94.5 crore to the scam-tainted developer DSK Group allegedly in violation of its lending rules. Coming down heavily on the Pune Police for the arrest, the Minister said that nobody should overlook the federal structure of the nation. Jaitley further said that if the country wants an effective decision making process, it needs to put this entire relationship between investigation, who to investigate, when to investigate, what constitutes a crime, really in its place.NCLT verdict in Tata-Mistry case to be pronounced on July 9The Mumbai bench of NCLT (National Company Law Tribunal) on Wednesday deferred its judgement on ousted Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry's petitions against the Tata Group. The NCLT order in the Tata-Mistry case will now be pronounced on July 9 at 10:30 am. Ahead of the verdict, Mistry had filed fresh salvo at Tata Sons management. The former chairman questioned the rationale behind some actions like the free sale of its telecom arm to Airtel, and massive debt-driven acquisitions by Tata Steel. Mistry has sought accountability and information from the board of Tata Sons in which his family owns 18.34 per cent.MSP hike draws mixed reaction from agri-experts, farm bodies  Agri experts and farm bodies today said the hike in the minimum support price (MSP) of 2018-19 kharif crops would lead to inflation, widen fiscal deficit and hit badly the export of commodities like cotton, while others felt the raise in support price was insufficient. In absolute numbers, the paddy MSP hike by Rs 200/quintal to Rs 1,750 for this year is a record but not in percentage terms, said agriculture expert Ashok Gulati . Gulati cautioned that the sharp rise in cotton and rice MSP will hit exports badly and lead to increase in government procurement. Merkel warns Trump against trade war  German Chancellor Angela Merkel today warned US President Donald Trump against unleashing an all-out trade war after he threatened to impose steep tariffs on cars from the European Union. Merkel said both sides were effectively locked in a \"trade conflict\" since Trump's decision to slap punitive tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. \"It is worthwhile to prevent this conflict from becoming a real war,\" she said. Trump charged that Europe is \"possibly as bad as China\" on trade, as he reiterated that he is mulling import taxes of 20 percent on EU cars. The EU has slapped tariffs on iconic US products including bourbon, jeans and Harley-Davidson motorcycles, as a symbolic tit-for-tat response to the metals duties.FM to meet heads of banks today to discuss NPA resolution structure  Finance Minister Piyush Goyal will meet heads of banks today to discuss an inter-lender structure suggested under the 'Project Sashakat' that intends to fastrack resolution of stressed assets in the banking system. The meeting is likely to formalise the inter-creditor agreement structure as suggested in the five-pronged 'Project Sashakat', sources said. The meeting has been organised by Indian Banks Association (IBA) and inter creditor agreement would be the framework under which the consortium would take up NPA cases.SBI Card launches AI powered virtual assistant ELA  SBI Card, the country's second largest credit card issuer, today announced the launch of 'ELA' (Electronic Live Assistant), a virtual assistant for customer support and services. Driven by Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, ELA is designed to enhance customer experience by providing relevant and instant responses to customer queries, SBI Card said. Customers can communicate with ELA in conversational language, enabling easy interface along with prompt query resolution, SBI Card managing director Hardayal Prasad said. The virtual assistant is currently hosted on the SBI Card website and will soon be integrated on the mobile app as well.

Hike in paddy minimum support price will increase the food subsidy bill by over Rs 11,000 crore based on procurement figure of the 2016-17 marketing year (October-September).

Chaturvedi, a former IAS officer, was appointed as Additional (Independent) Director for a period of 3 years.

By 2050, the country will need 1,180 bcm of water, and at the same time groundwater is being depleted at unsustainable rates, the report said.

After the inaugural statement, the Prime Minister met several business leaders for a discussion on issues such as economic growth, infrastructure development, policy initiatives, investment, innovation and job creation. AIIB is a multilateral development bank with a mission to improve social and economic outcomes in Asia and beyond.

Indian promoters take home fat pay cheques but their compensation is, in most cases, linked to company performance.

Despite government initiatives, India's exports have remained below the 2013/14 levels. Exporters' GST problems and rising trade barriers suggest fast growth is unlikely to materialise.