State airs grievances over share of Narmada Water
Madhya Pradesh has registered its opposition with Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal for neglecting interest of the State in benefits from Narmada river water share among partner States. Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh has registered its opposition with Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal for neglecting interest of the State in benefits from Narmada river water share among partner States. Madhya Pradesh
The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet has unanimously approved the proposal for taking up community or cooperative farming in the State with a village as a unit. The proposal of the Chief Minister was approved at the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, chaired by Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy.
Entertainment tax on Direct-to-Home (DTH) television connections is the only new tax proposed in the Rs 53.76 crore surplus Budget for 2009-10 presented in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly on Tuesday.
After launching the ambitious rice scheme for Rs three per kg, the Chhattisgarh Government is all set to fulfill its election promise and has decided to give subsidised wheat along with rice to 37 lakh BPL families in the State, official sources said on Tuesday. The scheme shall be launched on July 8 when a rice festival will be organised all over the State.
Starting this year, an evaluation of tiger reserves by independent wildlife experts like Belinda Wright, Valmik Thapar and Ullas Karanth besides a host of others could become an annual feature. The Environment and Forests Ministry is expected to take a final decision on the issue along with the dates for the Tiger Census 2009 in the next few days.
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Agricultural scientist and chairman of National Commission on Agriculture MS Swaminathan said that any attempt to promote the cooperative or group farming will succeed only if it is made into win-win situation for all those who join it.
Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has outlined a blueprint to upgrade the healthcare system under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and asked State Governments for feedback to assess the impact of the programme across the country. The Minister is conducting a series of meetings in that regard, the first of which was done in J&K.
Meghalaya, literally means the abode of clouds, is experiencing unusual scanty rain in monsoon. Since the onset of monsoon beginning on May 25, Northeastern States witnessed much less rainfall this year than the previous years.
With a clear eye on the October 2009 Maharashtra Assembly poll, the Congress-led Democratic Front (DF) Government on Wednesday unveiled an ambitious Rs 5,232 crore development package for the backward Konkan region.
Grappling with the problem of perpetual water shortage, the Himachal Government is seriously considering setting up Water Management Board to carry out various programmes like rain water harvesting, revival of traditional water bodies and conservation of water in an effective manner.