Big jump in sowing area of important Kharif crops

The sowing area coverage under Kharif crops is as follows: Rice: About 10.05 lakh ha area coverage under kharif rice as compared to 10.28 lakh ha during the corresponding period of last year. Pulses: About 4.58 lakh ha area coverage under pulses as compared to 2.22 lakh ha. during the corresponding period of last year. … Read more

Conditions likely to become favourable for further advance of SW monsoon: IMD

Conditions are likely to become favourable for further advance of southwest monsoon into some more parts of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, some parts of Uttarakhand around 22nd June and into entire Western Himalayan Region, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, most parts of Punjab, remaining parts of Arabian Sea, Gujarat state, Madhya Pradesh & Uttar Pradesh … Read more

PM Modi launches Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan

PM launched this Abhiyaan on Saturday through Video-Conference. The Abhiyaan was launched from Village – Telihar, Block- Beldaur of Khagaria District of Bihar.  The villages across 116 districts in the six States joined this programme through the Common Service Centres and Krishi Vigyan Kendras. This campaign of 125 days, which will work in mission mode, will … Read more

Determined to deliver, geared up for any contingency: IAF chief

Addressing a Combined Graduation Parade (CGP) at Air Force Academy (AFA) Dundigal, he said the air force will never let the supreme sacrifice made by our brave soldiers at Galwan in Ladakh go in vain. “…it should be very clear that we are well prepared and suitably deployed to respond to any contingency. I assure … Read more