Rural youth prefer not to be farmers: Survey
New Delhi: Youth in rural India are often forced to work in their family farms, but they prefer joining the army or becoming engineers, teachers or […]
India
Farm credit increase for India looks likely
By Camellia Aebischer The Indian government is looking to increase India’s farm credit in the upcoming budget, fuelling the agriculture sector With a budget presentation looming, […]
India restricts use of imported petcoke in Delhi region
NEW DELHI: India’s environment ministry has placed restrictions on the use of imported petroleum coke in the capital Delhi and its surrounding region, in the […]
India, Israel working on 5 year cooperation plan for agriculture, water
The two countries exchanged views on scaling up the COEs which have been a main-stay of agricultural cooperation by bringing in advanced Israeli practices and […]
India, UK ink pacts on illegal migrants’ return, sharing intel
India and the UK have signed two agreements on return of Indians, who are living in Britain as illegal migrants, and sharing criminal records and intelligence.The development comes close on […]
Six Focus Points for Indo-Israeli Collaboration
By Devsena Mishra On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began his state visit to India. Entrepreneur Devsena Mishra outlines possible collaboration areas between the two […]
India is well on its way to be a global power: Book
Weeks after the Trump Administration described India as a “leading global power”, a former Obama Administration diplomat in a book released today said that more […]
India may hike sugar import duty to 75%: sources
By Srijan Kanoi, srijan.kanoi@spglobal.com Edited by Pankti Mehta, pankti.mehta@spglobal.com The government of India may hike import duty on sugar to 75% from the existing 50% to dissuade […]
World Bank says India’s GDP to grow at 7.3% in 2018-19
First the good news: The 2018 Global Economics Prospect (GEP) released by the World Bank today projects India’s GDP growth to pick up to 7.3% […]
India and China remain the fastest growth economies in Asia Pacific: Moody’s
Global rating agency Moody’s, which had upgraded India to Baa2 stable in mid November, in its latest report has said that India and China remain […]