Though the ability of farm mechanisation to turn agriculture around was well known, it was neither discussed so widely, nor practised so seriously in the past - Labour shortage: farm mechanisation gets a boost

Multi Commodity Exchange’s (MCX) market share rose by five percentage points in the first two months of this financial year, owing to aggressive participation by traders in the non-agricultural space, on higher volatility - MCX’s market share up on volatility in non-agri space

Earlier, the Food Corporation of India had drawn flak for the tardy manner in which it handled mounting foodgrain stocks - Low wheat procurement addresses FCI’s storage woes

The southwest monsoon advanced further over the central and western parts of the country today, an official at the India Meterological Department (IMD) said. - Southwest monsoon advances over central, western India

Household demand growth is expected to be stronger at close to 10% - Power demand to be lower in 12th plan

The market for green certificates issued to developers, has collapsed alarmingly, casting a shadow on India’s ambitious plan for solar, wind and small hydro projects - Green Energy Projects Choke on Weak Demand

HSBC’s PMI slips to 50.1 in May from 51 in April - Manufacturing output falls at 50-month low

The pass through of coal prices, if allowed, would mean rates for power produced from plants set up through the competitive bidding route go through the roof - Power and coal sectors headed for chaos

Demand has been squeezed to such an extent that net sales of companies that have declared their quarterly results have on an average grown at only 7.3 per cent - STATSGURU: Some troubles in corporate results, but also green shoots

Gross energy generation in the country has been assessed as 975 billion units from power plants in operation and those expected to be commissioned during the year - CEA estimates gross energy shortage of 6.7% in 2013-14

The sowing area under sugarcane is likely to decline by 10 per cent this season following shortage of water in major producing states including Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka - Sugarcane acreage likely to fall 10% this kharif season

The Centre was able to rein in the Centre’s fiscal deficit at 4.9 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2012-13, against 5.2 per cent pegged in the revised estimate (RE) and 5.1 per
cent projected in the Budget estimate - Fiscal deficit down at 4.9% of GDP

Agriculture growth dropped to 1.4 per cent, a two-year low, in the fourth quarter of 2012-13 due to a drop in kharif foodgrain production as well as rabi wheat output - Farm growth at 2-year low of 1.4%

Weak consumption & investments pull down growth; core also disappoints - Annual GDP growth at a decade low

Rupee recorded another 10-month low on Thursday against the U.S. dollar even as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor aired his concerns on stubbornly high retail inflation and widening current account deficit - Rupee sinks to new low

Cotton farmers are a happy lot, at least at the beginning of kharif this year, as they are able to purchase Bt cotton seeds much below the prescribed retail price -cotton seed price keeps farmers happy

In India, annual GDP growth is expected to strengthen gradually, to around 5.3 percent in 2013 - OECD slashes India’s growth forecast for 2013

Index of Educations to track growth of the sector, which contributes about 4% to the GDP - Central Statistics Office Working on Education Index

As many as 1.2 billion people almost  the population of india ont have acces to electricity and 2.8 billion have to rely on wood or other biomass to cook and heat their homes,finds a world bank report - Three power points for india & the world

Think tank says country might have overtaken Japan, but lowers FY13 growth projection to 5.3% - India May’ve Become World’s Third Largest Economy: OECD