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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Bumper harvest spells storage trouble for UP
Lucknow Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar's concern over storage of foodgrain, especially wheat and paddy, and allowing their exports is well placed, especially with the country's third largest wheat producing state, Uttar Pradesh standing on the brink of a record bumper wheat production this year. Estimating a production of 30 million tonne, Uttar Pradesh now has a problem of storage on its ha
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Yellow rust threat to rabi
The yellow rust disease that hit parts of the crucial wheat-producing States in northern India will hit production by about 5 lakh tonnes, informed sources have said. Although the Agriculture Ministry is said to have taken
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New Policy to Boost Rice Output in Eastern States
The Centre will come up with a
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Bumper crop Govt faced with storage problem
Sitting over estimates of a bumper crop this year, the government is once again faced with the storage problem. In focus is the rural godown scheme of the agriculture ministry, which is not working well in many states. According to the second advance estimates, production of foodgrains during 2010-11 is estimated at 232.07 million tonnes (MT) as compared to 218.11 MT during 2009-10.
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Highest ever wheat yield may rot away
Lack Of Adequate Storage May Negate Gains New Delhi: With only a few days to go before farmers begin to harvest what is expected to be the country
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Consider Bihar's concerns over Seeds Bill, says Nitish Kumar
NEW DELHI: After raising objections to the permission given by the Centre for trials of Bt Maize in his State, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has now urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not to pass the Seeds Bill in Parliament without taking into consideration the views and concerns of Bihar. Mr. Kumar drew Dr.
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Agri technocrats case under consideration - Govt committed to save Agri land: Mir
Stating that the Agriculture sector which had lost its 'glory' in the era of industrialisation, has been brought back into the focus of State's financial scenario, Minister for Agriculture, Gh.
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6,348 tons of stored foodgrain damaged in 2010-11: Thomas
New Delhi, 13 March: About 6,348 tons of foodgrain stored in various government outlets across the country were damaged primarily due to storage pest attack and leakages in godowns in 2010-11, a fact which does not go down well for the country's food security.
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Unrealistic Solutions To Growing Problems
With food inflation hovering in the double digit bracket for most part of 2010-11 and the aam aadmi up in arms, all hopes were pinned on the Union Budget 2011-12 for giving a new fillip to the farm sector. But the budget has disappointed most, in spite of finance minister Pranab Mukherjee allocating Rs 14,744 crore for agriculture.