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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Pawar stirs Jaitapur issue
Sharad Pawar To send expert panel for effects on fisheries, mangoes. While reiterating his earlier support for the Jaitapur nuclear project in Maharashtra
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Make every grain count
WHEN UNION Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar announced a bumper harvest last month, “the highest since 1947”, commodities markets perked up, sniffing food export opportunities. With a record 236 million
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Exports can wait, need to ensure foodgrains to poor first: Minister
The Food Security Act will finally bring storage solutions for India
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Fear of catastrophe should not hinder Jaitapur project: Sharad Pawar
Criticising the staunch opposition to the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power project, Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar today said that development activities cannot be stopped in fear of natural calamities. "One has to see how to overcome natural calamities. It is wrong to stop forces of development. We have not stopped construction of houses because of earthquakes.
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Bengal undecided on ban, to re-examine impact of pesticide
Kolkata Although Kerala and Karnataka have asked for a ban on the usage of endosulfan, a broad spectrum pesticide, West Bengal is yet to make up its mind. The state will re-examine impacts of the pesticide before it takes a decision, state agriculture minister Naren De said.
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Politics, economics and solutions for India's food inflation
"Those that think that the market-led system is perfect are living in a dream... There is need for an optimal combination of around 70 per cent of market and 30 per cent state influence" - Ashok Gulati,
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EGoM to decide on grain export, food bill on Monday
The empowered group of ministers (EGoM) expected to meet on Monday is expected to take a view on an agriculture ministry proposal to export wheat and rice. The proposal is not backed by the food ministry, which wants to take into consideration the interest of consumers, and its own compulsions under the proposed food security bill, before moving on exports under an open general licence.
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MP govt backs VS ban demand
Madhya Pradesh, whose capital saw the world
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Agri reforms panel wants push to contract farming
Also asks for changes in APMC law to incorporate private players. The panel appointed by the Union agriculture ministry to suggest reforms in marketing of farm produce will suggest that states governments reduce the security deposit for the contract farming. It will also ask for changes in the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) law to incorporate private players in providing infra
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No more studies, it is time to ban Endosulfan
Hundreds of people come together to press for an immediate nation-wide ban on the pesticide Demonstrations, signature campaigns held as part of Anti-Endosulfan Day observance India should stand with the call for Endosulfan ban at the Stockholm Convention: Sudheeran Thrissur: Hundreds of people, including environmental activists, health professionals, students, and social workers, got together