Draft Seeds Bill, 2019
The revised draft Seeds Bill 2019, which the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare placed in the public domain recently for suggestions and comments, seems to be a watered down version of a draft
Seeds
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Ministry to review progress of BGREI in states
KOLKATA, 25 JULY: Union agriculture ministry will review the performance of seven states, including West Bengal, in implementing BGREI (Bringing Green Revolution in Eastern India) tomorrow. A meeting in
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Review Bt cotton, orders state govt
MUMBAI: The state government is seriously considering switching from genetically modified (GM) cotton to more conventional cotton seeds. A plan to phase out and look for alternatives of Bacillus thuringiensis
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Mahyco may lose Bt cotton permit
Complaints that Mahyco is exploiting farmers, promoting black marketing and ignoring rules have led the Maharashtra government to call into question the agri biotechnology company’s licence to produce
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Mahyco may lose license to sell Bt seeds in Maharashtra
Agriculture seed major Mahyco, which has been accused of black marketing its seeds and distributing it without informing the State Government, could well stand to lose its license to sell seeds in Maharashtra.
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Punjab stares at deficient paddy, PAU suggests direct seeding
After celebrating a record wheat production, Punjab is lagging behind in paddy cultivation. According to the Department of Agriculture, the deficit is 33 per cent as of now — almost two lakh hectares less
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Farmers come close to blows on land records
Heavy rush coupled with slow speed of computers at the taluk office to obtain land records, took a toll on the patience of thousands of farmers, who staged snap protests on Wednesday night and on Thursday morning on BM Road in Hassan. Farmers demanded that the taluk office officials speed up issuance of the records despite the latter working round-the-clock to issue the land records. The farmers for the past few days had perched themselves near the counters - day and night - to avail land records essential to avail various facilities under ‘Suvarna Bhoomi’ scheme such as crop insurance, subsidised seeds and pesticides. The last date for the scheme is June 30.
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Rs 100 cr for rice cultivation in NE
SHILLONG: The Northeastern States of the country are going to get Rs 100 crore within this year from the Agriculture Ministry for supporting various activities relating to rice cultivation under the National
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N-E States to get Rs 100 cr under food security mission for rice
The North Eastern states will get Rs 100 crore this year from the Agriculture Ministry to promote cultivation of rice under the National Food Security Mission (NFSM). All eight NE States, including
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Bt cottonseed shortage: Mahyco refutes AP govt charges
Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Co Ltd (Mahyco) has denied reports of short supply of the Bt cottonseed in Andhra Pradesh. Responding to reports of seed supply shortage and the Agriculture Minister, Mr Kanna
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Govt to provide 10% more quality seeds to up summer sowing
New Delhi Buoyed by two straight years of bumper grain harvests, the government said on Thursday it would supply nearly 10% more quality seeds than the requirement this summer to ensure sowing doesn’t get adversely affected. The government will supply 14.18 million quintal of quality seeds this summer, compared with the demand of 12.96 million quintal, the agriculture ministry said in a statement.