Karimnagar/Hyderabad, July 2: The district administration has decided to continue the restricted supply of the diesel even after a fresh consignment of about 500 kilolitres of the fuel arrived in the district on Wednesday. The restricted supply in accordance to the stipulated quota for different category of vehicles will continue for a few more days till the demand is met.

Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf on Tuesday said that all necessary measures would be taken to provide fiscal relief to farmers to boost agriculture productivity. In a meeting with parliamentarians from Punjab, the minister said that agriculture is the backbone of our economy and due consideration would be given to promote it.

If farmers think they have a tough time producing enough rice, wheat and other grain crops, global warming is going to present a whole new world of challenges in the race to produce more food, scientists say. In a warmer world beset by greater extremes of droughts and floods, farmers will have to change crop management practices, grow tougher plant varieties and be prepared for constant change in the way they operate, scientists say.

The Agriculture Ministry plans to cultivate 400,000 hectares in the 2008 Yala season due to favourable weather conditions for paddy cultivation.

QUESTIONING the UPA government's commitment to farmers and the revival of the agricultural sector, the BJP said that the Rs 60,000 crore loan waiver was a

I SPENT the first 12 years of my life in a poor, dusty and backward village of undivided Punjab. I still have vivid recollection of life in that village.

The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the creation of a Farmers' Debt Relief Fund with an initial corpus of Rs.10,000 crore.

The Union Cabinet today approved the farmers' debt relief fund with an initial corpus of Rs 10,000 crore. The scheme, for small farmers, was announced in the Budget.