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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State govt demands Rs 7789 cr from Centre to fight drought
The Uttar Pradesh Government has sought a special package from Union Government of Rs 7789 crore to fight drought, an official spokesman said here on Thursday. The State Agriculture Minister Chaudhry Laxmi Narain met the Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar in New Delhi and requested him to release the relief package at the earliest.
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J & K to have bio-plastic manufacturing facility
Minister for Agriculture, Ghulam Hassan Mir today said that Jammu and Kashmir will soon be country's first state to have a fully dedicated bio-plastic product manufacturing facility. During his recent visit to Delhi along with the managing director, J&K Agro Industries limited, Dr. G.N.
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Pawar warns of dip in rice output
The adverse impact of a deficient monsoon over kharif crop appears to be growing with the sowing of paddy lagging behind by over 65 lakh hectares as compared to the last year. This has forced Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to acknowledge the prospects of a
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Paddy farmers to get Rs 1kcr subsidy on diesel for pumps
PAWAR ADMITS PADDY ACREAGE & PRODUCTIVITY HAVE DIPPED ON POOR RAINS THE Centre will provide a Rs 1,000-crore subsidy on diesel to paddy farmers for irrigation during the ongoing kharif season that would provide relief in times of erratic monsoon, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said here on Friday.
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Centre to help Himachal replant apple orchards
Baldev S Chauhan / Shimla July 31, 2009, 0:22 IST The Union agriculture ministry has agreed to enhance central assistance from Rs 23,000 per hectare to Rs 56,000 per hectare for planting improved apple tree varieties in the old orchards of Himachal Pradesh.
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Global warming to hit Indias wheat bowl: Pawar
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar yesterday said global warming would have an adverse impact on India
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Paddy sowing badly hit: Pawar
Vinay Kumar NEW DELHI: Though deficiency in rainfall in the country was down to -19 per cent on July 22 from -54 per cent on June 24, Minster of Agriculture Sharad Pawar on Tuesday admitted that sowing of paddy had been adversely affected in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand.
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Gamble in the monsoons
There have been good crops in years of poor rain Surinder Sud / New Delhi July 28, 2009, 0:04 IST There have been good crops in years of poor rain and huge variations in years which have had similar rain.
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Pawar admits drought spectre, adds plan ready
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has admitted in the Lok Sabha that the country is facing a drought-like situation that will hit agricultural production but at the same time has allayed fears underlining that the government is well prepared to deal with the situation.
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Agriculture, most important area of India-U.S. collaboration: Hillary
Devesh K. Pandey NEW DELHI: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday said agriculture would be the strongest and most important pillar of cooperation between the United States and India.