Shakti Pumps (India) announced that the Government of India has announced a mega scheme namely Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Uttham Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) with an objective to scale up use of
With willow plantations in Jammu and Kashmir being affected by acute plant infection, the Rs 25 crore cricket bat industry is on the verge of closure. While willow is grown in the Kashmir region, bat
With unrestricted sand mining from river beds emerging as a major environmental hazard in Kerala, the Centre for Earth Science Studies has suggested use of alternative material and technology to
The government today kicked-off the consultation process to prepare a strategy for next month's ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation at Cancun in Mexico. Trade unions, who met Commerce
The Uttaranchal government today said it had decided set up up four agri-export zones for medicinal plants, litchi, basmati rice and floriculture and announced that it would set up a network of
The Jammu and Kashmir government banning polythene bags in the state. It has instead decided to regulate their manufacture, storage and trade. However, that plastics with less than 25 microns thick
Madhya Pradesh has registered only a nominal increase in soya rains till July of this year. Soyabean Processor Association of India (SOPA), which collects data on soya cultivation, said farmers hd
Taking a serious view of the reports on the sale of synthetic milk containing injurious chemicals and other impurities, Agriculture Minister Rajnath Singh has asked all state governments and the
While the areas under forests has increased marginally in the last five years, as has the quality of air, just how poorly India has fared in managing its environment is brought out by the fact that
Serious differences seem to have erupted between the agricutlure and commerce ministries over the stand India should take on agriculture-related issues at the 5th ministerial conference of the World
Insted of paving the way for sorting out contentious issues ahead of the crucial World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meeting to be held at Cancun three weeks from now, the farm trade deal
