Reply affidavit filed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Debadityo Sinha & Others Vs Union of India & Others. An application filed before the NGT said that illegal construction activities and clearing the vegetation and forest using massive earthwork and levelling the land …
Rajasthan Agriculture Minister Harjiram Burdak flagged off the first-ever consignment of certified organic food to be exported from Rajasthan to the United States here on Thursday. The organic food comprises mainly conventional pulses for which there is a heavy demand in the U.S. They were produced from the processing unit …
It’s been more than seven months. Farmer representatives from 12 villages in Nawalgarh are on a sit-in protest outside the sub-divisional magistrate’s office. Their demand: do not give our fertile land to industry. Three cement giants are eyeing this limestone-rich area in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan. Limestone is the prime …
It came to them as a small business proposal. About 10,000 farmers in the semi-arid Shekhawati region on the edge of Thar desert turned it into a fortune spinner and have become major organic farmers in Rajasthan. It was 1994, recalled Om Prakash Sharma, farmer in Korela village near Nawalgarh …
Jaipur: A memorandum of understanding was signed between Rajasthan State Industrial Development & Investment Corporation (RIICO) and UltraTech Cement Ltd to set up a Rs 2,000-crore cement project in Jhunjhunu district on Wednesday. The MoU was signed between the managing director of RIICO, Rajendra Bhanawat and senior executive president of …
Over the last four decades exploitation of natural resources to meet increasing societal demands for land based products has caused significant changes in land use and land cover not only in nature's best gifted regions but also environmentally sensitive arid regions. Through digital interpretation of IRS LISS-III data of 2004 …
Rajasthan has 108.53 lakhs of cattle and 104.46 lakhs buffaloes, out of which Jhunjhunu district had 122.858 cattle and 378,942 buffaloes in 2003. Cattle and buffalo rearing play an important role in improving the socio-economic condition of the rural masses by providing additional income as well as complementing agriculture. The …
Launched by Ambuja Cement in three districts of Rajasthan JAIPUR: Water harvesting and sustainable agriculture projects launched by a cement manufacturing firm in three districts of Rajasthan as part of its "corporate social responsibility' have started showing positive results by improving the storage capacity of ponds and other traditional sources …
