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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Radical farm policy must to increase output
BHUBANESWAR: Good agriculture growth still eludes the State. As per the mid-term appraisal report of the Eleventh Plan, the growth of agriculture during the period 2005-09 has been only 2.08 per cent.
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Fish workers to observe protest day on October 29
Agitation against Coastal Regulation Zone Notification 2010 Mass conventions planned on November 21 Plea to increase kerosene quota for fish workers KOLLAM: Fish workers across the country are gearing up to launch strong agitations demanding the withdrawal of the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification 2010 issued recently by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Kerala Swath
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Kharif output to rise 10.4% in 2010-11
The total foodgrain production in the ongoing kharif season is likely to be 114.63 million tonnes (mt), 10.4 per cent higher than the drought-hit 2009-10.
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Grain output comfortable, but export ban to stay: Pawar
New Delhi: With foodgrain production in 2010-2011 all set to wipe off the deficiencies of last year because of good monsoon, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Thursday assured the nation that output looks comfortable to meet all needs, but declined to lift the ban on wheat and rice exports despite good harvest. The minister also said that though cotton prices are moving up forcing the textil
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Kharif output set to be higher than last year
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Thursday said that the kharif production at 114.63 million tonnes for 2010-11 crop year was
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International meet on coconut biodiversity
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A four-day international conference on
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India to produce bumper crop this year: Pawar
NEW DELHI, Sep 17 (PTI): India is likely to harvest a bumper foodgrain crop in the current year, despite the drought in Bihar, Jharkhand and some parts of West Bengal, Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said today. "This (2010) will be one of the best years, which will provide a bumper crop to the country," Pawar told reporters on the sidelines of a national conference here on the rabi
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Rajasthan farmers expect bumper crop production this year
Jaipur: Following a good and extended monsoon, the state is expecting bumper kharif and rabi crops with the reservoirs brimming with water to meet the demand of the agriculture sector. Coming after a long dry spell, the farmers have nothing better to ask for.
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Dow Agro faces ban on bribery charge
Accused Of Pushing Substandard Pesticides By Bribing Authorities, Co Fails To Respond To Govt Notices Devesh Kumar NEW DELHI DOW AgroSciences India Ltd, the Indian subsidiary of Dow Chemicals, is likely to be blacklisted by the government following its persistent refusal to respond to show-cause notices over charges of bribery.The agriculture ministry had asked the company why action shoul
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More foodgrains for poor at BPL rates
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: In the wake of the concern expressed by the Supreme Court at foodgrains rotting, the Union government on Thursday decided to release an additional 2.5 million tonnes of rice and wheat to the States for distribution to the poor under the Targeted Public Distribution System. The grain will be sold at Below the Poverty Line (BPL) rates in the next six months. It was a