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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Pawar: discounted foodgrains a legal challenge
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said on Thursday that it was a challenge to legally provide 25 kg of rice or wheat at Rs.3 per kg to all Below Poverty Line category of Public Distribution System beneficiaries and his Ministry was working towards it.
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Promise of discounted foodgrains will be fulfilled: Sharad Pawar
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will deliver on the Congress
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Pawars focus to be on food security,prices
Rs 3/kg Grain May Not Be Boon To All Prabha Jagannathan NEW DELHI
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In court
Regulating GM paddy: The Supreme Court has issued notices to the ministry of agriculture, department of biotechnology under ministry of science and technology and the environment ministry to clear their stand on the regulatory process for approval of genetically modified (GM) crops (see
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Karnataka gets Rs 53-crore central fund for fisheries
Mahesh Kulkarni / Bangalore March 31, 2009, 0:48 IST The Union Agriculture Ministry has sanctioned a Rs 53-crore project to Karnataka for the implementation of the Integrated Fisheries Development Project (IFDP) over a period of three years, starting from 2008-09. Funds for the project have been sanctioned under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY).
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Higher acreage may help in record production this year
Surinder Sud / New Delhi March 30, 2009, 0:43 IST Thanks to about 3.8 million tonnes (or 3 per cent) additional land brought under cultivation, the foodgrains harvest in the rabi season, at its fag end now, is likely to top last year
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Death By Spray
MONOCROTOPHOS, A common pesticide, is also popular among some Indian farmers for a grimmer purpose: acutely toxic for humans, yet dirt-cheap, it is the instrument most farmers have chosen to end their lives with. A dubious claim to fame for the pesticide industry, even as its effectiveness in pest eradication is highly questionable.
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Meet the rice saviours
Four farmer communities from different parts of the country were recently felicitated by the Government for their efforts at preserving different original varieties of rice genomes. The communities are Vrihi Beej Binimoy Kendra (Bankura, West Bengal), Kuruchiya and Kuruma tribal communities (Wayanad, Kerala), tribal communities from Jharkhand, and P Narayanan Unny (Palakkad, Kerala).
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Every grain will be lifted: Pawar
With the forthcoming wheat harvest and its subsequent procurement, having the potential to sway elections in the rural areas of Punjab, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today assured Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal that every grain of wheat would be lifted from the Punjab Mandis during the season.
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Govt to push for LS nod to land acquisition Bill today
New Delhi: In the backdrop of protests against land acquisitions and SEZs that have stalled various projects, the UPA Government has decided to get the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2007, and the Bill to amend the Land Acquisition Act cleared by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.