'No delay in pulse import due to Bihar polls'
Source: PTI Pulse prices have been ruling as high as Rs.180 per kg in the retail market across the country as their production slumped 2 million tonnes in the 2014-15 crop year on poor and untimely rains The Centre did not delay in importing pulses due to Bihar elections, Minister of State for Agriculture Sanjeev Balyan on Saturday clarified. He asserted that prices of lentils are expected to cool with arrival of kharif crop. He was critical of the industry body Assocham for coming out with a study on prices of commodities like rice, sugar and pulses “without checking the ground reality”. Pulse prices have been ruling as high as Rs.180 per kg in the retail market across the country ...
India plans Blue Revolution to boost seafood production, exports
Satyapal Menon | @TheDollarBiz Fishermen haul in a catch of sardine from wooden boats during deep sea fishing trip in the Arabian Sea near Kannur, Kerala, India Beginning from the green revolution, India has had a white revolution with focus on increasing milk production in the country, and here comes the latest - Blue revolution. Even before attempting to figure what exactly this means, the government plans to deploy measures to net in more fish – in terms of not just the catch, but also dollars - than we have done till date. In fact, India has been having quite a considerable haul of seafood over the years. There is always an ocean to be tapped, and this is precisely ...
