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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Initiatives to boost production of pulses
BHUBANESWAR: To fight under nutrition, the agriculture ministry has lined up several incentives to boost the production of pulses in the State. Only last year, high inflation triggered a drastic fall in the per capita pulse consumption. The per capita pulse consumption in the State has fallen to mere 11gm/day now from over 26gm/day in 2000-01.
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Pawar has doubts on Food Security Bill
Agriculture and Food Minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday laid bare his scepticism of the proposed National Food Security Bill as recommended by the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC) last week.
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Pawar plays the grain game
Minister breaks rank to voice dissent over Food Security Bill target. Sharad Pawar In the first sign of dissent within the ruling UPA government, Agriculture & Food Minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday indicated that covering two-thirds of the population under the proposed Food Security Bill was not feasible. The veteran Maratha leader told the Economic Editors
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Foodgrain position comfortable: Pawar
Decision on minimum support prices for rabi crops to be taken today Asks Rajasthan to start procurement of bajra National Food Security Act in the pipeline Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar addresses the media in Jaipur. JAIPUR: Union Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday described the foodgrain stocks in the Central pool as
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Agri ministers of 12 states to discuss food scenario
National conference of agriculture, animal husbandry and food-civil supplies ministers of 12 states would begin in Jaipur on Tuesday.
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Won't allow grains to rot as people die: SC
After Agriculture and food minister Sharad Pawar had rejected the Supreme Court proposal for free distribution of excess foodgrains in the government godowns instead of allowing them to rot, the top court again questioned the Centre on "inadequate" storage facilities, saying it would not allow such wastage when people were "dying" of hunger. "This matter (supply of food to BPL families) is pend
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The food industry in India and its logic
In 2010, the links between the financial markets and agricultural trade flows have become both stronger and more visible.
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Finally, PAU-201 issue resolved
FCI to pick up rice for PDS, to pay upgrade charges; one-time relaxation of norms allowed With the Centre agreeing to pay upgrade charges for the rice and relaxing the norms, the PAU-201 issue has been resolved.
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Food ministry objects to NAC proposals on APL grain prices
Nistula Hebbar New Delhi: The food ministry seems all set to spike some of the more ambitious proposals made by the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC), because it sees some of them as being too liberal and not taking into account existing systems of procurement and distribution. One of the major issues which seems to have held up the Food Security Bill is the issue of different
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Plan alternative crop for tobacco farmers: MoS
With India having the highest number of oral cancer cases caused mostly by tobacco consumption and 8-9 lakh people killed due to the addiction, the Union Health Ministry has urged the Agriculture Ministry to draw up a long-term plan to find an alternative crop for all cultivators of tobacco so as to come up with a solution to containing growing tobacco consumption. In a letter to Agriculture Mi