New Delhi: Nearly a week after skipping work over problems with the Congress, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar resumed office on Thursday, a day after NCP-Congress announced a truce.
The NCP's tiff with the Congress came to an end on Wednesday with both parties agreeing to set up coordination centres.
Pawar had stopped coming to the ministry from June 23, and also was not responding to calls from ministry officials.
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11:28 AM, Jul 26, 2012
New Delhi: At a time when drought is looming large over the country and food inflation is going up, it seems Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has gone missing, forcing the Prime Minister's Office to virtually take over the ministry. Pawar, who turned vocal with his ire over "lack of coordination" within the UPA alliance, had on Thursday sent a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi...
09:10 AM, Jul 25, 2012
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar met officials on Tuesday morning to take stock of the situation. ...
12:03 PM, Jul 03, 2012
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar is expected to hold a high-level meeting on Tuesday to take stock of the drought-like situation in many states. ...
09:18 AM, Jul 03, 2012
In its Budget wish-list, the Agriculture Ministry has demanded lowering of interest rate on crop loans to 3% for those farmers who pay in time, from the existing 4%. According to sources, the ministry has suggested an additional one per cent interest subvention (subsidy) on short-term crop loans of up to Rs 3 lakh to farmers who pay their dues on time. Other farmers get crop loans at seven per...
04:12 PM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: With a sharp fall in onion prices in the retail market to Rs 30 per kg, the government on Monday decided to end the subsidised sale of the kitchen staple from Tuesday in the national capital, but it would continue to monitor the situation to prevent the recurrence of the crisis. A high-level meeting, which was convened by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, also decided to discontinue the 30...
08:20 PM, Jan 31, 2011
Nashik: While onion prices spiral, the onion farmer seems to be struggling with crop loss and even lower yields. In Nashik, the country's onion growing centre, anger and desperation loom large. Subhash Khotwal is an onion farmer in Nashik whose major part of the onion yield turned out be rotten. His four acres of onion farming resulted in harvest of tears. While two spells of unseasonal rains have already dashed...
11:42 PM, Dec 21, 2010
Pune: Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, who until recently drew flak for hike in prices of essential commodities, on Friday said he had proposed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to relieve him of the food portfolio which was vetoed by him. "I had told the Prime Minister to relieve me of sugar and food department but he did not agree. Singh told me that I have to look after this if...
07:29 PM, Dec 17, 2010
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has come down heavily on Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and criticised his statements that rotting food grain cannot be distributed to the poor free of cost. "Free of cost distribution of food grain was a part of the order. Tell your Minister that distribution of rotting food grains was a part of our order and not just an observation," the court told Additional Solicitor...
01:10 PM, Aug 31, 2010
Congress, Opposition targeting Sharad Pawar for rising prices. ...
10:14 AM, Jan 25, 2010
Agriculture Minister says PM to held meeting of chief minister on issue. ...
03:19 PM, Jan 13, 2010
Pawar's party NCP is having a tough time wooing voters in Maharashtra. ...
03:20 PM, Oct 10, 2009
The Government has so far declared 177 of India's 626 districts drought-hit. ...
10:07 PM, Aug 18, 2009
The Agriculture Ministry is reluctant in supplying subsidised food grain. ...
04:49 PM, Jun 20, 2009
