RC recommendation on 27 pesticides
<p>This report is on the review of 66 pesticides under the Chairmanship of Dr. Anupam Varma. The main parameters emphasized by the Committee to review the products were uses approved under the Insecticides
Ministry Of Agriculture
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Maharashtra to launch food security scheme from December
Scheme will be launched in December, will benefit 75% rural and 50% urban dwellers The Maharashtra government would launch the United Progressive Alliance’s ambitious food security scheme from December in the state. Of the state's 112 million population, 70 million beneficiaries would be covered under the scheme.
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70 mn covered under Maharashtra food security plan
Scheme will be launched in December, will benefit 75% rural and 50% urban dwellers About 70 million of the 112 million residents of Maharashtra will be covered under the UPA's ambitious food security scheme, when the state launches the programme in December. The state government proposes to replace the yellow, white and saffron ration cards currently in use under the public distribution scheme with bar-coded smart cards that bear the photograph of the family head.
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Uttarakhand seeks Rs 60.70-cr package from agriculture ministry
Due to the flash floods, vast agriculture land in the hill areas had been washed away, while those in the plains had also been damaged. Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Thursday met Union Agriculture Minister
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Further boost for agricultural crop cultivation projects
The Southern Regional Agriculture Ministry has made arrangements to enhance agricultural crop cultivation projects in the region. In addition to paddy cultivation, growing of green gram, gingelly, maize,
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India’s milk production increased by 25 million tonnes in five years
Milk production in India – world’s largest milk producer – has increased by about 25 million tonnes in the last five years. This is what chairman of Anand-headquartered National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) Amrita Patel said on Wednesday while delivering her keynote address at the India Dairy Summit 2013.
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Apex court's GM panel gives 2 reports
New Delhi : The Supreme Court-appointed six-member technical expert committee (TEC) on GM crops has failed to make a unanimous recommendation, with one member, R S Paroda, submitting a separate report,
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SC panel for moratorium on Bt food crop trials
A Supreme Court-appointed committee is learnt to have recommended a moratorium on field trials for Bt in food crops in the country, contending that there was no definitive information about their long-term
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No GM field trials till regulation gaps are addressed, says TEC final report
The final report of the Technical Expert Committee (TEC) set up by the Supreme Court in a Public Interest Litigation on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) has said that it will not be “advisable” to
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Kerala to launch farming of genetically-improved tilapia
In view of the Union government's decision to promote genetically improved farmed tilapia ( GIFT), the state government has accorded sanction for rearing genetically improved tilapia fish at Ponnani on
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Cabinet nod for Food Bill Ordinance
Setting aside all opposition, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to promulgate an ordinance on the National Food Security Bill that seeks to give legal rights to 67 per cent of the population