‘State does not distribute seeds, it only certifies for distribution'

Despite opposition from various quarters, including the agricultural experts and the farmers' organisations, the Gujarat government has refused to impose a total ban on distribution of the Monsanto hybrid maize seed named “Prabal” to the farmers in the State, particularly the tribal agriculturists.

Ahmedabad: Tribal districts, which were the torch-bearers for the girl child in Gujarat, boasting of a far healthier number of girls in 0-6 age group, too have shown a decline in the past decade. Sociologists see this trend as alarming as almost all non-tribal districts in Gujarat are already reeling under a skewed sex ratio.
All the tribal districts including Dang, Dahod, Panchmahals, Tapi, Valsad, Narmada and Bharuch, have posted a decline in the child sex ratio in 0-6 age group as per figures of Census 2011.

AHMEDABAD: Here is another instance of a suspected cover up by the state health department.

If the figures given out by the directorate of national vectorborne disease control program (NVBDCP) are to be believed then there were just 14 malaria deaths in the state between January and October this year.

Vadodara: As many as 48 people including government officials were booked in a scam of 4.18 crore in National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGA) in Dahod district. Those booked are sarpanches of 20 villages including 11 women sarpanches.

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Vadodara: Believe it or not

Vadodara: In all, 14 villages of Dahod district were declared cholera-hit on Thursday. Of these, 12 villages belong to Jhalod taluka of the district following which the entire taluka has been declared cholera-threatened.
The decision to issue a notification in this regard was taken after pathological samples tested positive for cholera.

Vadodara:As many as 148 fresh cases of food poisoning were reported in Dahod on Tuesday from various villages while a woman admitted to Dahod civil hospital died of food poisoning.A team of officials from Baroda Medical College was also rushed to Jhalod taluka in the wake of the grave situation there and returned with samples for analysis at the college to identify the reason for the large-scale c

To Procure Onions Under Contract Farming