Pichai said growing up in India was nice compared with today's worldbecause despite the lack of resources to buy even basic things, he never felt lacking for anything.

Of late concerns over margins hover around FMCG sector owing to a surge in crude oil prices and a depreciating rupee, which pushed up the costs of raw material for the FMCG companies.

PM Modi got lucky in the early part of his tenure when crude prices fell sharply. But in the run up to the elections, his luck on the economic front seems to have run out.

The southwest monsoon accounts for 70 per cent of India's annual rainfall and is crucial for the agricultural sector of the economy. The primary sector has been valued at Rs 18 lakh crore or 11 per cent of India's GDP in 2016.

While several measures have been suggested to contain the rupee fall which has depreciated nearly 13% since the beginning of this year, you will be surprised to know that the Indian currency is not the only one to lose major ground due to geopolitical and fiscal factors.

Fadnavis added that if the opposition is so concerned about the high fuel prices, it should announce in the states ruled by the Congress or their alliance partners that there would be no tax on petrol and diesel.

Sabarmatee has changed the face of rural odisha with organic farming.

Given the record low of 70.08 per dollar that the rupee slipped to today, it's hard to imagine a time when it could hold its own against the US dollar.