Economic Survey proposes the development of a BNI based on large annual household survey data using suitable indicators and methodology at district level for all or at least target districts to assess the progress on access to bare necessities in recent years

How the FM can make it a 'never before' Budget. Top experts weigh in

Evidence shows Punjab farmers have brought food security and grown richer in the process while Bihar farmers have grown poorer and Madhya Pradesh farmers are striving to move ahead using MSP

The mega food park, spread over 55 acres of land and that will benefit 25,000 farmers, is equipped with warehouses in 3,944 square meter, silos with 20,000 tonne capacity, cold storage with 3,000 tonne capacity

Thailand, the world's second-largest rice exporter, suffered through a drought earlier this year that has affected the rice crop

Contrary to popular belief, private sector efficiency vis-a-vis public sector is a neoliberal construct for which there is little evidence or lived experience but is pushed, nevertheless, for private gains

As a result of price intervention, on the one hand granaries overflow creating storage problems and on the other edible oil worth about Rs 90,000 crore is being imported

Swaminathan, who is arguably a go-to guru on issues related to farmers, believes that we can double farmer's income through appropriate marketing and by ensuring that they get a fair price

The reason India finds itself in the comity of nations that can't afford a big stimulus to stoke economic growth is the 8 quarters of wait-and-watch game played until coronavirus hit us

The rupee's fall has made Indian cotton the cheapest in the world and attractive for Asian buyers, Atul Ganatra, president of the Cotton Association of India (CAI) said

The current storage as percentage of live capacity at full reservoir level (FRL) is at 40 per cent which is the maximum in the last 13 years, in the matching periods

As India tightens FDI norms, Chinese firms and investments may face regulatory and consumer backlash. The friction between Asian giants could be the beginning of an adversarial chapter in trade

For India, which is the third largest consumer in the world, the whole SPR storage capacity comes to just 39 MB. So the country has the limitations when it comes to stocking up cheap crude for future

Currently, the probability of loan defaults in the near future is very high. But the combo of government and the bank can help in a seamless flow of liquidity

These are 'extraordinary' measures because of an unprecedented situation that the outbreak of Covid-19 has created in the global economy

Updated exit polls, however, showed Netanyahu two seats short of a majority in Israel's parliament, a gap signalling possible deadlock

Once drought-stricken, Israel is now a water-surplus nation, which uses every drop of its water wisely, and twice

There were talks of India having excess inventory of skimmed milk powder (SMP) through the 2018-19 fiscal, as a result of which milk prices had softened and procurement had dipped dramatically

States are facing a funds crunch. As GST revenues moderate and fiscal deficits balloon, they must look for new sources of revenue to fund welfare schemes and infrastructure needs

Budget 2020: In today's speech, the FM broke her own record and delivered the longest Union Budget speech, which was 159 minutes long