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 …
With the mineral-bearing states and their citizens not getting the rightful share, only value adders deserve concessions for mining IT IS time Centre woke up to the reality of enacting laws that benefit and add value to the lives of people who at present suffer glaring inequalities despite living in …
With inflation topping the government agenda, economists have told Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to focus on policies to boost agricultural productivity in the upcoming Budget for 2011-12. Pranab Mukherjee
As part of the Global Methane Initiative, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) is conducting a livestock and agro-industry resource assessment (RA) in India to identify and describe the potential for incorporating anaerobic digestion into livestock manure and agro-industrial (agricultural commodity processing) waste management systems to reduce methane emissions …
Small agro-processing firms can now look to domestic research centres to enhance value and shelf life of farm products Surinder Sud / New Delhi November 30, 2010, 0:22 IST After initial hiccups, the agro-processing industry has finally begun to grow in both organised and unorganised sectors, though in distinctly different …
Tea industry of the NE region today called for an integrated state-of-the-art tea park in Guwahati, besides upgradation of the existing centre of the Indian Institute of Plantation Management (IIPM) at Jorhat into a full fledged institute and upgradation of the Guwahati Tea Auction Centre to an international business hub …
Godrej Agrovet Ltd, the agri-business arm of leading conglomerate Godrej Ltd, has planned to enter the dairy farming business. It is in talks with at least two leading Israeli dairy farm technology providers. While Godrej Agrovet did not respond to an email query from Business Standard, representatives of the Israeli …
Lobbying, as we now know, sets the agenda for practically everything that governs our lives. No policy is ever made without someone seeking to gain from the most innocuous of programmes and projects. Take something as simple as inoculations. Governments cannot even take a decision on inoculating children against some …
LUCKNOW: There's some positive news for UP, but only if the right set of people is listening. Making a strong pitch for the potential of industrial growth in UP, the Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India submitted a `Vision 2020' study paper for the growth strategy on UP …
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today said Punjab was aiming to generate 1000 MW power from agro-waste alone in the next five years by ensuring that not a single straw of agro waste was burnt. Inaugurating an International Conference on Biomethanation-Upscaling, Challenges and Opportunities as a part of …
Farm equipment worth Rs. 42.86 lakh given For farmers' benefit:I. Periyasamy, Minster for Revenue, driving a tractor during the inauguration of agro-service centres in Dindigul on Sunday. DINDIGUL: The Department of Cooperatives has plans to establish 70 agro-service centres in the district with the help of primary agriculture cooperative banks …
Bhubaneswar: Vice President of India M Hamid Ansari on Thursday said that while private sector investment plays a vital role in growth of the nation, its dismal rate of investment in agriculture sector has been a matter of concern for the last two decades. Addressing the 30th convocation of Odisha …
AT A time when Tamil Nadu is facing labour shortage in farm-related work, the state agriculture department has launched a recruitment drive that will help the sector. The department has drawn up a list of 10,000 vacancies in companies that manufacture and market farm implements, fertilisers and seeds.
A cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan here today endorsed the state's Industrial Promotion Policy-2010 and Action Plan. This policy will remain effective for five years with a view to sustaining the investment climate. A number of provisions have been incorporated in the policy for attracting …
Increase reflective of tightening of farm labour markets. Sugar mills in Maharashtra have agreed to a 23 per cent wage increase for cane harvesting labourers during the 2010-11 crushing season (October-September).
The entry of FDI-driven modern retail in rural areas will induce, not throttle, growth in the food basket of the country THE government has initiated a timely and relevant debate on the desirability of allowing foreign investment in modern retail. But restricting the entry of FDI to cities with a …
Govt Says Dow Chemicals Arm Bribed Govt Officials To Push Three Pesticides Into Indian Market THE Centre has blacklisted Dow AgroSciences India for five years for bribing government officials to expedite registration of three pesticides in the country. The order to ban Dow AgroSciences, a subsidiary of US-based Dow Chemicals, …
The Bombay High Court at Goa will hear the M V River Princess case on Monday, after the government in an oral statement to the court, today said it modified the terms and conditions set before Salgaonkar Mining Industries Private Limited (SMIPL). The division bench comprising of Justices D G …
