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Scheme to boost grain storage capacity cleared
The scheme’s overall goal will be to augment grain storage capacity of the country from a current 145 million tonne to 215 million tonnes

FY23 GDP growth hits 7.2% after a strong Q4
GDP numbers exceeded the government’s own projections and was the result of a better-than-expected performance in the last quarter of the fiscal

GDP exceeds expectations
The growth numbers are just what RBI needs to hold rates next week; ahead of the 2024 polls, the BJP couldn’t have asked for more

52% of cultivated land has access to irrigation for first time: Niti Aayog
In 2022-23, of the 141 million hectares of gross sown area in the country, nearly 73 million hectares, or 52%, had irrigation access.

IMD predicts ‘normal’ monsoon, asks farmers to plan sowing based on forecasts
Overall, monsoon rainfall is expected to be normal over the country at 96% of LPA, with an error margin of +/-5%, IMD said on Friday.
