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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Jairam against using job scheme for farm labour
Sharad Pawar had mooted the idea last week. Jairam RameshIn a season of inter-ministerial rifts, another one has surfaced. Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh is opposed to using funds under the government’s flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) to provide cheap agricultural labour to farmers.
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Industrial Advisory Council reconstituted
Bhopal : The State Government has reconstituted industrial advisory council which was constituted for installing an ‘industry friendly administration’ in the State. The council constituted under the chairmanship
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Bird flu back in Bengal district, culling begins
Bird flu has resurfaced in West Bengal with poultry samples from five gram panchayats of Tehatta I block in Nadia district testing positive for H5N1 (avian influenza) at the High Security Animal Disease
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Pawar heads GoM on manufacturing policy
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has formed a Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to look into and resolve inter-ministerial differences that forced deferment of the new National
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Call to increase agricultural output
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has laid emphasis on getting remunerative prices for agricultural produce to farmers in view of rising prices of farm inputs, such as seeds, pesticides, fertilisers and fuel, and called for bringing together the MGNREGS and farmers to help augment the agricultural output.
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SC notice to agri ministry for sitting on national policy
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked Sharad Pawar-headed agriculture ministry to respond to a PIL which sought implementation of the National Policy on Farmers and said despite spiralling agricultural
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Jaipur to hold farmers' convention
A national convention of farmers and agricultural scientists to be organised here this Saturday will highlight innovative practices and scientific research and development in the agriculture sector for
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Urea decontrol faces roadblock
The ministry of chemicals and fertilisers is expected to apprise the cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA) of its reservations on the decontrol of the urea price as it will have an adverse impact on the marginal farmers.
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Appeal to Pawar on Food Safety Act
Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged Union Minister for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries Sharad Pawar to take steps to delay the implementation of the Food Safety and Standards Act (FSSA) by three years. A chamber delegation comprising senior president S. Rethinavelu, president N. Jegatheesan and other office-bearers met the Nationalist Congress Party leader in New Delhi on Monday and presented a memorandum containing various demands.
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Nod to new wheat variety
The State Variety Approval Committee, at a meeting in Ludhiana today, approved HD 2967, a new wheat variety, to replace the existing PBW 343, which is being phased out because it has become increasingly