Business Standard

Himachal Pradesh is aiming to tap rainwater and use it optimally in agriculture and its allied activities. For this a water conservation project with an estimated cost of Rs 4,751.24 crore has been prepared, a Minister said on Sunday.

The Hindu Business Line

The NDA government’s export-import policies relating to agricultural commodities in the past have criticism from experts and commoners alike. Last week, addressing a farmer protest march in the capital, senior CPI leader Atul Anjan took a jibe at what he described as “anti-farmer” policies of the Modi government.

The Pioneer

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s aim to double farmers’ income by 2022 would be achieved before the targeted year, BJP president Amit Shah asserted on Saturday, dismissing the Opposition’s claim that it was merely a political statement.