Submissions by DGM Project Punjab Mandi Board in the matter of Kapil Dev & Others Vs State of Punjab & Others dated January 14, 2025. All possible efforts were being made by the Punjab Mandi Board to comply with the NGT guidelines and to dispose of the vegetable waste of …
Thanks to a Delhi High Court order, senior law officers of the Central as well as Delhi government will soon be seen buying vegetables across the Capital. The court, on Wednesday, directed senior government lawyers to fetch vegetables from different mandis across Delhi, so that they could be taken to …
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday set up a committee of lawyers and tasked it to collect vegetable and fruit samples for simultaneous testing at a Delhi Government laboratory as well as one certified by National Board for Testing and Calibration for presence of residue of pesticides. A Division Bench …
BESIDES meeting domestic requirements, India exports 1 to 1.1 million tonnes of onion worth Rs 1,000 crore. In the past 25 years onion production has increased from 2.5 to 7.5 million tonnes. These figures are displayed prominently in the website under review. There is no mention of the current crisis, …
Sizeable Section Of Consumers May Defer Purchases By 6-12 Months: Study THE boom in demand for apparel and mobile phones may soon be over as Indians plan to spend less on fun and entertainment to deal with rising food prices, a Nielsen study says. Indian consumers are extremely cautious about …
Onion and garlic are very important commodities consumed in India in the form of spices and condiments. Unlike other vegetables, they are required daily in the kitchen and therefor augmentation of daily supply in the market at reasonable prices is very essential.
Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) has developed hybrid tomato seeds (BARI HYBRID TOMATO-5) with a thrust of facing the deficit of quality tomato seed together with boosting its output. Meanwhile, Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) has been putting in its level best effort for multiplication works of the seed at …
After hearing the submissions by amicus curiae in connection with a PIL alleging rampant use of banned pesticides in fruits and vegetables, the Delhi high court on Wednesday decided to hear the issue on March 9. Amicus curie V.K. Rao and Saket Sikri submitted to the HC that there were …
An Indo-Israel project for growing off-season vegetables will be inaugurated at Gharaunda tomorrow. Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, Haryana Chief Minister BS Hooda and Israel
Jamshedpur, Jan. 5: The agriculture department will set up two agro-terminals under public-private partnership model in Jharkhand. A proposal for the terminals was being prepared and would be sent to the Centre for approval soon, chief minister Arjun Munda told The Telegraph today.
According to this independent scientific study by Lou Gallagher, the safety claims made for Bt brinjal, are not supported by existing data and says that its consumption could result in adverse health effects. Plans for India’s first genetically engineered crop for human consumption have triggered a safety report that reveals …
This paper attempts an ethnobiological investigation, performed during 2003 to 2006, to collect, identify and document information on wild food traditionally used by the indigenous people of the Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary in Palakkad district of Kerala, India.
Genetic Engineering (GE) or Genetic Modification (GM) of food involves the laboratory process of artificially inserting genes into the DNA of food crops or animals. The result is called a genetically modified organism or GMO. GMOs can be engineered with genes from bacteria, viruses, insects, animals, or even humans. Most …
This policy brief covers factors such as yield gain, reduction in insecticide use, benefits to farmers and consumers, and policy implications of adopting Bt brinjal hybrids.The brief estimates economic gains from the Bt brinjal hybrids annually to be Rupee 577 crore (US$126 million) assuming adoption rate of 15%, Rupee 1167 …
Read this summary of the monitoring of pesticide residues in the food commodities conducted from April 2008 to March 2009 at national level by Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and the IARI. The Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India in collaboration with Indian Agriculture …
The Indo-Israel Centre for Excellence in Vegetables at Gharaunda, near Karnal, the first of its kind in the country, will be inaugurated on December 6. The centre demonstrates advanced farm technologies of Israel to maximise cultivation and achieve quality production of vegetables. The state
