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Agriculture Industry
Despite rain loss, wheat yield set to cross 160 lakh tonnes, says Agri deptedit
Hindustan Times – Online
The total wheat yield in Punjab is expected to cross 160 lakh tonnes in the current rabi season. The state agriculture department has pegged production based on crop-cutting experiments. It is less than the earlier production estimates of a bumper crop when the yield was predicted to cross 175 lakh tonnes before the rainfall, high-velocity winds and hailstorm that began on March 25 and continued till April 5. The yield is expected to fall by 15 lakh tonnes, a loss of 8%. Last year wheat crop suffered a yield loss of 15% due to a sudden rise in temperatures in March when the crop was at the maturing stage. The state food and civil supplies ...
Govt. Policies
K’taka should vote for stability and continuity of policies, says Sitharamanedit
Hindustan Times – Online
Underlining the development in various sectors during the Bharatiya Janata Party’s rule in Karnataka, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said the poll-bound state is on a “good trajectory” of growth and needs “stability and continuity of policies” to ensure that the developmental agenda does not derail. Polling for the 224-member Karnataka legislative assembly will be held on May 10. The counting of votes will be held on May 13. “Karnataka is going on a good trajectory of growth. It is definitely matching up with global standards on many of the infrastructure works… it is taking its leap forward. I honestly think that the state needs stability, continuity of policies and also, making sure ...