Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal Chief Minister, after the apex court ruled that the land acquisition process by Tata Motors for the Nano plant in Singur was \"wrong on many counts\" and directed the state government to restore the ownership of the land to cultivators.

It was a day of setting records. The Nifty50 hit 8,800 intraday for first time since April 2015, Bank Nifty rose to 17-month high, the market capitalisation (m-cap) of BSE-listed firms touched its fresh lifetime high, while Kotak Mahindra Bank also surged to record high.

The land acquisition process has not been done properly, the apex court said and ordered the acquired land to be returned to the cultivators within 12 weeks from today.

Drip irrigation not only saves water, but is also proving a bonanza for companies that manufacture the irrigation systems. The pioneer among them is Jain Irrigation Systems.

It was expected that the Union Budget this year will highlight issues relating to agriculture and rural sectors than on other sectors of the economy.

The Central Bureau of Narcotics is responsible for overall supervision of cultivation as per provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, and the rules thereunder.

The development and application of environmentally benign clean technologies is an area where business houses can help through their CSR programmes

The state's gross domestic product has grown at more than nine per cent consistently since 2009/10, most of it on account of agriculture, which has averaged about 20 per cent growth in these years.

PepsiCo is looking to enhance potato procurement through its tie up with farmers by around 20 per cent to 65 per cent in India in the next five years.

After being halted for more than a year, land acquisition for the showpiece Rs 52,000-crore Posco steel plant in Odisha resumed amid clashes between police and protesters.

Experts and analysts believe that it is a blessing in disguise for Indian retail firms, such as Spencer's, Foodworld Supermarkets Ltd, Nilgiri's and ShopRite. Such retail firms can opt for joint ventures with global majors and can explore funding options to expand their footprint.

Draft proposals of working group for consideration of NAC-II with regard to land acquisition.

As farmers graduate from mere cultivators to investors, it will change what they grow and what we eat.

In Transitional Puzzles, Amlan Datta tackles socio-political problems and warns against buying into simplistic concepts of industrialisation, writes Jayanta Sarkar.