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Cabinet clears Rs.23.7k-crore GOBARdhan 'waste-to-energy' biogas scheme

New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved a Rs.23,731-crore scheme to address the biggest hurdles holding back India's compressed biogas (CBG) sector. By assuring demand, offering a ... Read More


Heavy rains may persist across much of India; flash floods likely in hills

New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- Heavy rainfall is expected to continue across large parts of northwest, central, eastern and northeastern India over the next week, with the country's weather bureau warning of lo... Read More


India's water crisis is about management, not rainfall, says Bisleri CEO

New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- Despite receiving roughly 4,000 billion cubic meters of annual rainfall, India's rapidly depleting per capita water availability has escalated into a severe management crisis that... Read More


Rural development ministry to use AI to rank states on audit performance

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- The rural development ministry will use artificial intelligence (AI) to rate states on how quickly and effectively they respond to internal audit observations, in a move aimed at ... Read More


Centre plans Rs.2,000 crore horticulture clusters to tame food inflation

New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- The Centre is preparing to roll out a Rs.2,000 crore scheme to develop horticulture clusters for fruits and vegetables within a 100-km radius of major consumption centres, betting... Read More


Heavy rain to lash northeast, east India over next week; IMD issues extremely heavy rainfall alert

New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast widespread rainfall across north-east and eastern India over the next week. The weather bureau has forecast isolated spells... Read More


Kharif sowing lags last year's pace by 2.9% despite July monsoon revival

New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- Kharif crop sowing continued to lag last year's pace despite an improvement in monsoon rainfall, with farmers planting crops across 89.4 million hectares as of 31 July, 2.65 milli... Read More


IMD warns of flash flood risk in northeast as monsoon intensifies across India

New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- The monsoon is set to intensify across large parts of India this week, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warning of risks of flash floods in parts of the Northeast an... Read More


Heavy rain to intensify over Northeast, Himalayan foothills; IMD warns of flash flood risk

New Delhi, Aug. 2 -- Rainfall activity is set to intensify over northeast India and the foothills of the central and eastern Himalayas over the next four to five days, while easing across south penins... Read More


Centre onboards 51 of 66 khandsari sugar units on National Single Window System to enhance sector monitoring

New Delhi, July 31 -- A majority of the country's large khandsari sugar manufacturing units have been registered on the National Single Window System (NSWS) as part of the Centre's efforts to improve ... Read More