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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With labourers turning to MGNREGS, farm sector may turn to machines
Pawar announces mega plans for mechanisation in 12th Plan Faced with farm labour shortage following the introduction of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday announced mega plans for mechanisation in the 12th Five-Year Plan.
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Govt mulls linking job scheme with farm productivity
Decision on rabi MSP soon: The Cabinet is expected to take a decision on the MSP of rabi crops, including wheat, soon. Sharad Pawar said his ministry had already forwarded its recommendations on the basis
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PM to meet chief ministers on land reforms
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to meet 10 chief ministers this month to finalise a strategy to deal with agrarian and land reforms, an official said here Sunday. A National Council for Land Reforms (NCLR), under the chairmanship of the prime minister, was set up earlier this year with the chief ministers of 10 states, the official told IANS.
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Agriculture ministry to ban import of Syngenta pesticide
The agriculture ministry will ask the Indian arm of Swiss agrochemical giant Syngenta to stop import and marketing of its flagship insecticide Emamectin Benzoate in India soon. The ministry’s decision,
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Manufacturing policy passes GoM hurdle
Inter-ministerial differences over policy sorted out. A key group of ministers (GoM) on Friday sorted out divergent views on the manufacturing policy, which proposes easing labour and environment laws
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Centre Cancels Permits of Four Pesticides
Dursban 10G, Nurella-D and Pride of Dow AgroSciences & Emamectin Benzoate imported by Syngenta banned following cos’ unethical practices The Agriculture Ministry has cancelled the registration of pesticides
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Central agriculture schemes to be just eight in 12th Plan
In a move to rationalise the Centrally Sponsored Schemes under the agriculture ministry, the government will bring down the number of such schemes to just eight from the current 52 in the 12th Five Year
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Only 8 schemes to be run by Agriculture Ministry in 12th Plan
In the run-up to the finalisation of the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-17), the Agriculture Ministry has decided to rationalise its range of ‘Central sector schemes’, marking some of them as national priorities
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Govt bans polluters from mega ind towns
Jakarta: India will keep polluting industries out of proposed mega industrial towns aimed at boosting the share of manufacturing in the country's Gross Domestic Product, Commerce and Industry Minister
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Agri schemes set to be rationalised in 12th Plan
The Ministry of Agriculture, which is entrusted with the task to implement 50 odd Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS), will have lesser schemes in the 12th Five Year Plan period (2012-17). The 50 odd schemes