Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Brazil's government unveiled new financing and other incentives for sugar cane ethanol production on Monday, vowing to work closely with the private sector to boost production in an industry that has struggled recently despite its immense promise. The state-run development bank BNDES announced that it would provide 30 billion to …
This report represents the proceedings of the FAO international technical conference dedicated to Agricultural Biotechnologies in Developing Countries (ABDC-10) that took place in Guadalajara, Mexico on 1-4 March 2010. A major objective of the conference was to take stock of the application of biotechnologies across the different food and agricultural …
“This magazine is not a product of a desire to capture share of the information market. It is a product of a need and desire to fill a critical information gap.” Anil Agarwal, founding editor of Down To Earth, wrote this in his introduction to the launch of the fortnightly …
Sindh government is working on a plan to establish agro-based industrial units in various districts of the province under a scheme, 'Modernisation/ Rehabilitation and Establishment of Industrial Units in Rural Sindh,' well placed sources told Business Recorder here on Thursday. Sindh Board of Investment (SBOI), Planning and Development Department and …
The law ministry has rejected the proposal of food ministry for direct manufacture of ethanol from sugarcane on a standalone basis and not only as a by-product of sugar by amending the Sugar Control Order under Section 3 of Essential Commodities Act. Backed by the view of attorney general, law …
Darjeeling, May 5: The Union finance ministry has cleared two foreign direct investment proposals from the Darjeeling tea industry, the first FDI approval since 1974 for the branded brew sector in the hills.
The two major agricultural states of the country, Punjab and Haryana, are not yet ready for reforms in marketing of their produce. And between the two, it is Haryana that needs to do more. World
The Department of Biotechnology is playing venture capitalist to private companies to push agri research. Why would a company with a turnover of Rs 9,712 crore and profits of Rs 933 crore want a research loan of less than Rs 10 crore from the government? Ask the Department of Biotechnology …
The Committee of Ministers in charge of Agriculture Marketing has prepared its first report containing several policy recommendations for Agricultural Marketing Reforms. The final report would be submitted to Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar. The Committee Chairman, Maharashtra Minister for Marketing and Cooperation Harshwardhan Patil, announced this on Monday after …
Large swathes of the Brazilian Amazon have come to resemble the midwestern United States in recent years, having been planted with soya as far as the eye can see. This development has unnerved conservation organizations, which fear that huge expanses of pristine rainforest are being felled to make way for …
BHUBANESWAR: Taiwan is keen to partner Orissa in its industrial growth even as it attempts to substantially raise the bilateral trade and investment ties with India. The country is looking forward to invest in sectors like food processing, textiles, agriprocessing, IT manufacturing and electronics in Orissa as a highlevel delegation …
Agro-based traditional industries play a vital role in industrialisation in an underdeveloped economy. The Indian jute industry has been globally significant since colonial times and enjoyed a “major industry” status. Under globalisation it is found that the key structural ratios like labour productivity, capital intensity and total factor productivity have …
Karnataka has taken a lead initiative in developing sustainable agribusiness through this ‘Integrated Agribusiness Development Policy’ covering agriculture and allied sectors (like horticulture, fisheries, animal husbandry, sericulture and food processing) both in infrastructure and industrial segments on an end to end concept. This agribusiness policy aims to create an enabling …
THE government should offer assured income to farmers and shield them from erratic weather conditions. These are a few of the demands of farmers’ groups from the Union Budget 2011-12, which will be tabled in February-end. To address the declining growth in agriculture, the government should allocate more funds for …
The Central plan to earmark Rs 3,500 crore every year for the next five years to set up seven industrial cities on proposed Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor has cheered both Haryana and Punjab. With a major part of the corridor in Haryana, the state government hopes that the proposed corridor would …
Mamit district, known as the rice-bowl of Mizoram, has its eyes set on oil palm to provide a new crop to its farmers and at the same time contribute to the state
