Suva, March 26 (IANS) India’s High Commissioner to Fiji Suneet Mehta held a meeting with Fiji’s Minister for Agriculture, Waterways and Sugar Industry Tomasi Tunabuna on Thursday, with discussions focused on strengthening bilateral cooperation in agriculture and capacity building. “High Commissioner Suneet Mehta was pleased to call on Minister for Agriculture, Waterways and Sugar Industry, Hon. Tomasi Tunabuna,” Indian High Commission in Suva posted on X. “Productive discussions were held focusi…
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Harda, March 24 (IANS) Launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme has emerged as a robust economic pillar supporting millions of small and marginal farmers across the country. Designed exclusively for those who need it most, the scheme provides an annual financial assistance of ₹6,000 directly into farmers’ bank accounts.This amount is disbursed in three equal instalments of ₹2,000 each at four-month intervals, ensuring timely and unin…
Gwalior, March 24 (IANS) With the harvesting of Rabi crops such as wheat, gram, mustard, and lentils already underway in Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has appealed to farmers not to burn crop residue after harvesting, as this reduces soil fertility. Yadav said the state government has started providing Happy Seeder machines to beneficiaries for straw production. He added that farmers can sell the fodder to nearby gaushalas, enabling them to earn additional income along with their wh…
Mumbai, March 24 (IANS) The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Committee on government assurances, in its first report presented to the house on Tuesday, made scathing observations regarding bureaucratic apathy. It suggested that departmental secretaries and officers should not skip deliberations but remain present.Committee Chairman Ravi Rana expressed displeasure over the bureaucracy’s lack of seriousness in attending committee meetings to discuss assurances given in the house and take …
Chandigarh, March 24 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday said that the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab was forcing farmers to commit suicide in despair after failing to give them any succour, be it fulfilling the promise to provide minimum support price (MSP) on 22 crops. Expressing sorrow at the extreme step taken by two brothers – Jaswinder and Jaskaran of Faridkot district after becoming severely indebted, the SAD president said, “AAP promised big but did n…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Member of Parliament Malvinder Singh Kang on Tuesday criticised the Union Government while speaking on the Finance Bill 2026 in Lok Sabha, stating that the government’s claims of economic strength and reforms over the last decade stand completely disconnected from the ground reality. Kang said that while the Finance Minister has made tall claims about economic progress, the real picture of the country’s economy is deeply concerning.“If we lo…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The Centre has constituted seven empowered groups of officials and experts to handle the fallout of the Iran war on specific sectors of the Indian economy, including oil, gas, fertilisers, supply chains, and inflation. The empowered groups, comprising senior officials from the Prime Minister’s Office and the Cabinet Secretariat, were based on directions from Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to review the evolvi…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The decision to enter another IMF funding arrangement has been a subject of continuous debate in Pakistan, as the country has already gone to the multilateral lending institution as many as 24 times for bailout packages to restore its macroeconomic vulnerabilities.Pakistan’s economy has been growing in a “stop-start” pattern as it improves for a while, with these IMF programmes bringing some stabilisation in the short-term, but then worsens again as there is no susta…
Jaipur, March 23 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Monday held a public hearing at his residence, where he listened to complaints of the people with sensitivity and directed officials to ensure their prompt resolution.He emphasised that citizens approach these hearings with hope and expectation, and therefore, officials must treat such cases with the highest priority and ensure swift disposal.During the session, the Chief Minister resolved a large number of grievances on the s…
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The West Asia conflict is an evolving situation, and all efforts must be made to safeguard the citizens from the impact of this conflict, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday, instructing that all arms of government should work together to ensure the least inconvenience to the citizens. PM Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to review the situation and ongoing and proposed mitigating measures in the context of the ongoing West Asia …