Experts expect better rabi yields, peg overall agriculture growth at 5% for FY14 - Kharif output to be flat on poor rains in East

One way to reduce petrol consumption is to use ethanol as a fuel. Brazil has already done it successfully, reducing petrol consumption by 30 per cent - Flexi-fuel engines

Despite a record harvest in 2011-12, wheat prices moved up through 2012 - Commodity for the week wheat

What underlay the monetary policy decisions announced by Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan last week? Most obviously, there must have been a concern for inflation — retail inflation - STATSGURU: What lay behind RBI Guv Rajan’s monetary policy decisions

Among the measures taken by the government to stabilise onion prices last week were an increase in the export floor price (by$250 a tonne to $900) and a stern warning to hoarders - The onion diaries

Many varieties of mutant crops cultivated on tens of thousands of hectares enhance income in rural areas, contribute to environmentally sustainable food security and improve human nutrition in India - Mutation breeding of oil seeds, pulses and cereals

Without immediate reform,a middle - income india will continue to live and work in low-income cities - Towards 2050 : the challenge of citites

India grew faster in the last decade than China did in the 1990s, but its stamina is failing - India’s growth marathon

Rapeseed-mustard, a rabi crop, has seen higher average output in India over the past decade - Commodity for the week Rapeseed-Mustard

Can a rebound in exports help the Indian economy recover? Indian exports - STATSGURU: Taking stock of India’s export sector

Hardest hit were developed economies where GDP contracted while emerging economies escaped with just a dip in growth - Economy & MKTS declined after crisis

In what could lend some credence to the government’s optimism that the economy would begin to show signs of revival from the second quarter of this financial year, the country’s industrial production grew at a four-month-high rate of 2.6 per cent in July, according to official data released on Thursday - At 4-month high, July industrial growth offers a ray of hope

According to the census data released recently,in 2011 the child(upto six years) sex ratio in India stood at 919 girls per 1,000 boys,the lowest since independence - Child sex ratio

For oil-exporting economies, for example, GDP growth from oil has declined sharply - STATSGURU: Syrian crisis puts troubled ‘Arab Spring’ region in spotlight

Gram or chana, a rabi crop, recorded highest output in 2012-13, at 8.88 million tonnes - Commodity for the week Gram

Nearly a third of fruits and vegetables go waste for lack of post-harvesting facilities - Horticulture wastage

The Centre’s plan to resolve the current coal crisis by firming supply agreements for 78,000-Mw power projects seems to have missed diagnosing a crucial affliction – logistics - New power capacity might hit logistics hump

What are the options left for the government to bring some stability back to the rupee? What are the short-term fixes, and the somewhat longer-term policies, that could help achieve this? - Final options for the rupee

What has further diminished the clout of farmers is the fact that agriculture is no longer the mainstay of the rural economy - Land acquisition Bill may not aid farmers much as agriculture loses sheen

A recent analysis by CACP shows that a 5% increase in agriculture growth in 2013-14 will translate into a 15-20% rise in nominal rural incomes - India Inc goes to Bharat for a monsoon harvest

The passage of the food security Bill by the Lok Sabha has caused questions to be asked about both its cost and its effectiveness - STATSGURU: Does India need a food security Bill at all?