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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To perk up food produce, UPA eyes eastern states
Pawar To Hold Meeting With Representatives From 6 States On July 10
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Bottlenecks in organic farming: adopt new technologies cautiously
Indian agriculture was mostly organic before the advent of the Green Revolution. However, the widespread adoption of nutrient-responsive and high-yielding varieties greatly promoted the use of inorganic fertilisers, weedicides and insecticides. The compulsion to grow more for food security has led farmers to overlook food quality norms and an indiscriminate use of natural resources.
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Pawar upset as food proposal rejected
MIT AGNIHOTR The food ministry headed by Sharad Pawar is upset after an empowered group of ministers (EGoM) on food headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee shot down its proposal of food tribunals to look into delivery related problems while implementing the proposed National Food Security Act.
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Agriculture ministry officials to frequent fields
Shishir Behera New Delhi: Stung by last year
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Will we have enough food, asks Pawar
Minister for food and civil supplies (MFCS) Sharad Pawar has raised serious questions about the efficacy of the much awaited Food Security Act which is being hotly debated in government. With names of 1.8 crore families having been removed from the BPL lists prepared by state governments, the Planning Commission is awaiting the final figures of the newly-prepared lists in which the
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Record wheat output likely, Centre upbeat
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: With expectations of a record wheat production this year (2009-10), the Union government is upbeat about providing food grains to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families on a sustained basis under the proposed National Food Security Bill.
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Pawar doesnt know of Punjabs cancer belt!
Says he isn
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Bt Brinjal Moratorium
Disheartening for scientists: Pawar Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today said the moratorium on the commercial release of Bt Brinjal had
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Foodgrain produce dips by 7 per cent
The total foodgrain production of India during 2009-2010 will touch 218.19 million tonne, down nearly 7 per cent from 234.47 million tonne in 2008-09 session, says the third advance estimates released by the Ministry of Agriculture today.