unseasonal rains

Gujarat Breaking: 20 people died due to lightning

GUJARAT Breaking: People's troubles have increased due to unseasonal rains in Gujarat. 20 people have died due to unseasonal rains in Gujarat. The temperature has increased due to hailstorm in Morbi. People's houses have been damaged by the storm.

Nov 27, 2023, 10:26 AM IST

Gujarat Breaking: 20 people died due to lightning

GUJARAT Breaking: People's troubles have increased due to unseasonal rains in Gujarat. 20 people have died due to unseasonal rains in Gujarat. The temperature has increased due to hailstorm in Morbi. People's houses have been damaged by the storm.

Nov 27, 2023, 10:26 AM IST

Pre-monsoon showers cool India, to stay for two more days

As per weather analysts, cyclonic circulation over Punjab, Haryana and Pakistan has an effect extending till eastern India.

May 30, 2016, 23:32 PM IST

DNA: The plight of Bundelkhand farmers

Watch how poor farmers in Bundelkhand live a life of struggles and hardship.

Jan 01, 2016, 00:33 AM IST

DNA: Bundelkhand—the worst place in India to be a farmer

Watch how poor farmers in Bundelkhand live their life.

Dec 23, 2015, 00:01 AM IST

Wheat output may decline by 4% in 2014-15 on unseasonal rains

Wheat production may fall by 4 percent during the 2014-15 crop year from record 95.85 million tonnes in the previous year as the crop was affected due to the recent unseasonal rains and hailstorms.

May 13, 2015, 14:51 PM IST

FM admits to 'agrarian crisis', offers more support to farmers

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday hinted at more sops for the troubled farmers, saying the unseasonal rains in March have resulted in an "agrarian crisis".

May 09, 2015, 22:20 PM IST

Wheat procurement may miss 30-mn tonnes target this year: Govt

Government's wheat procurement this year may fall short of the initial target of 30 million tonnes (MT) due to crop damage following a recent spell of unseasonal rains and hailstorms.

Apr 28, 2015, 15:42 PM IST

More relief to distressed farmers on anvil: FM Jaitley

Concerned over woes of farmers on account of unseasonal rains and hailstorms and farmer suicides, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Sunday said that Government will take more steps to provide liberal relief to the distressed lot.

Apr 26, 2015, 22:17 PM IST

Banks, states asked to help farmers in distress: Sinha

The state-level bankers' committee and states have been asked to take immediate steps to mitigate the hardship of farmers following destruction of their crops by unseasonal rains and hailstorms, the government said on Friday.

Apr 24, 2015, 17:05 PM IST

UP, Rajasthan, Haryana worst hit by rains, seek Rs 10,100 crore relief

Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana were the worst hit states in the recent unseasonal rains and hailstorm and have sought over Rs 10,100 crore as relief from the Centre for the affected farmers, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.

Apr 21, 2015, 15:55 PM IST

RBI instructs banks to restructure farm loans

The Reserve Bank on Wednesday said it has instructed banks to restructure loans of farmers whose crops have been damaged by the recent unseasonal rains and hailstorms.

Apr 08, 2015, 14:44 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi announces higher compensation for farmers hit by unseasonal rains

Modi said criteria of 50 percent crop damage for providing compensation to affected farmers has been reduced to 33 percent which will help more farmers to get compensation for their crop loss.

Apr 08, 2015, 12:20 PM IST

Unseasonal rains to push CPI inflation to 6% in Q2 2015: Nomura

Inflation momentum is likely to increase in the coming months largely due to unseasonal rains which could push CPI inflation to nearly 6 percent in next three months, says a Nomura report.

Apr 06, 2015, 16:27 PM IST

Unseasonal rains damage 106.73 lakh hectares of rabi crops

Unseasonal rains and hailstorms during this month have damaged rabi (winter-sown) crops in 106.73 lakh hectares of area across 14 states as against the earlier estimates of 181 lakh hectares.

Mar 26, 2015, 19:50 PM IST

Vigilance needed on food inflation: RBI on unseasonal rains

RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Sunday said the government and the central bank need to be more vigilant about the food price situation against the backdrop of unseasonal rains damaging some crops.

Mar 22, 2015, 15:08 PM IST

Unseasonal rain adversely affected rabi crop output: Govt

In Rabi season of 2014-15 crop year, 535.35 lakh hectares were sown under foodgrains and 79.34 lakh hectares under oilseeds.

Mar 20, 2015, 16:03 PM IST