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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Farmers denied crop insurance in Haryana
The Haryana government is yet to notify the crop insurance scheme for the 2014-15 rabi season, despite claiming itself to be a farmer-friendly government. The state had announced Rs 12,000 per acre as
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Only three farmers’ suicides from crop failure: Maharashtra
If the Maharashtra government is to be believed, only three farmers have committed suicide in the State because of crop failure due to unseasonal rain and hailstorms since January. The government, however,
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Farmers worried as Met predicts heavy rain in next 100 hours
Farmers facing the vagaries of weather for the past two weeks are on tenterhooks as the Met office has predicted heavy rain and thunderstorm, accompanied with hailstorm in mid and lower hills of Himachal
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Amethi bird flu: Centre asks UP for daily report
A day after India officially informed the Paris-based Organisation of Animal Health (OIE) of an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus in the Amethi district of Uttar Pradesh, the Union agriculture
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PM’s emotional pitch with soil card as trump
SURATGARH: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched the Soil Health Cards (SHC) Scheme at Suratgarh in Sriganganagar district. "Take care of the health of your motherland. This is as important
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Govt to launch soil health card plan on Feb 19
Scheme Aims To Educate Farmers To Help Boost Yield A centrally-sponsored nationwide `soil health card' scheme will be finally rolled out from Suratgarh in Ganganagar district of Rajasthan on February
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Maharashtra food grain production hit by drought
Maharashtra government has been warned of decline in food grain production in the year 2014-15 because of prolonged drought situation in some parts of state. The state focus paper (2015-16) of the National
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States to have own plan to protect farmers’ incomes
In line with the Narendra Modi-led government’s moves to allow the states more autonomy in planning their schemes, the Centre has agreed to the suggestions of a few state governments to have their own
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75% cultivable land toxin-hit: Experts
About 75 per cent of the cultivable land in the country has been adversely affected by excessive use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides. Commissioner in the Union Ministry of Agriculture Dr JS Sandhu
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204 farmer suicides in Maha in 4 mths, 97 in 5 other states
Centre Holds State Govts Responsible Maharashtra continues to face the challenge of dealing with rising cases of farmer suicides. It has reported 204 such suicides in the first four months of the year