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India emerges as beacon of growth, to remain fastest growing major economy: ITC chairman Sanjiv Puri

In his address to shareholders in the company's annual general meeting, Puri said the country is buoyed by optimism and deeply engaged in realising that promise, striding on the pathways of clearly enunciated goals and policies.

Farm Uneasy | Evolution of farming in Punjab and Haryana 

Farm mechanisation by substituting the use of cattle to till farmland with tractors and the use of other machinery to reduce physical labour and increase productivity has worked in the favour of the country as well as farmers

Farm Uneasy | Despite government push, three crops a year still a distant dream for Punjab 

Non-assurance of a Minimum Support Price (MSP) for their produce, low market prices and government procurement plus lack of storage options are driving Punjab farmers to stay away from sowing a third annual crop.

Farm Uneasy | Two-fold rise in production costs jar farmer profits

A two-fold rise in production costs in the past few years is eating into farmers' profits, bringing down their gains to a significantly low amount. This has been specially devastating for small farmers, which amount to 85 percent of farming community of the country.

Farm Uneasy | Government's concerted push for eco-friendly nano urea finds few takers in Punjab, Haryana 

Nano urea, a nanotechnology-based farm nutrient, is being plugged as solution to deteriorating soil health in Punjab and Haryana, but farmers remain leery of adopting it. 

Farm Uneasy: Despite push towards access to formal credit, most farmers continue to rely on middlemen for loans

To meet their growing expenditure, from daily needs and health emergencies to weddings and sending their children abroad for studies, farmers rely on Arhtiyas despite the heavy interest they pay. Arhtiyas remain crucial for the farm economy of Punjab and Haryana 

Farm Uneasy | Generational gift for farmers of Haryana & Punjab: Debt

Farmers of both Punjab and Haryana remain weighed under heavy debts as it rises many folds from one generation to another. Moneycontrol went to several districts of the two states and spoke to a host of farmers to get an assessment of the situation on ground.

Farm Uneasy | Battered by freak weather, Punjab and Haryana farmers losing hope

Successive crop failures due to rising temperatures and unseasonal rain and hail have dealt a body blow to farmers. Moneycontrol travelled through the ravaged districts of Punjab and Haryana to bring you this ground report

Covid test must for fliers from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand

The current surge in Covid-19 infections is believed to be driven by Omicron sub-variant BF.7. In India, four cases of the variant have been detected so far.