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 …
A new biotech corn developed by Dow AgroSciences could answer the prayers of U.S. farmers plagued by a fierce epidemic of super-weeds. Or it could trigger a flood of dangerous chemicals that may make weeds even more resistant and damage other important U.S. crops. Or, it could do both. "Enlist," …
Meghalaya’s broomstick industry may be booming with high demand in other Northeast states, but it has a long way to go before becoming an organised and viable trade. The booming broomsticks industry in Meghalaya is yet to get the agriculture produce tag although broom grass, the raw material, is grown …
A coalition of more than 2,000 U.S. farmers and food companies said Wednesday it is taking legal action to force government regulators to analyze potential problems with proposed biotech crops and the weed-killing chemicals to be sprayed over them. Dow AgroSciences, a unit of Dow Chemical, and Monsanto Co. are …
For the first time, the State government filed cases of cheating and criminal breach of trust in 18 districts against Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Company (Mahyco) for failing to deliver the promised quota of a single variety of Bt cotton seeds in th0e 2011 kharif season. Official sources said before sowing …
The ministry of agriculture has advised all state government agencies to streamline the seed certification process to facilitate farmers in choosing high yielding seeds at a reasonable cost. The agencies have been advised to ask private companies to select four to five of their high yielding varieties while seeking certification, …
Amendment in land law to allow entrepreneurs to hold more than 24 acres; leasing policy is eased too. The West Bengal assembly has passed the Land Reforms (Amendment) Bill, 2012, to promote setting up of business establishments like factory, port and airport and also proposed to raise the upper ceiling …
The Mamata Banerjee government on Monday passed its first pro-industry Bill amending Section 14Y of the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955, that lifts the land ceiling in several cases of industrial operations. Monday’s legislation gave a much wider ambit to Section 14 Y of the Act, which only allowed …
Monsanto India has opened a hybrid seed vegetable conditioning unit at Shamirpet near here. The Rs 28-crore facility, built on 32 acres, deploys latest techniques in seed conditioning, treatment, drying and packaging. The facility has a capacity to condition and package 15 million units of seeds a year. The facility …
A group of U.S. family farmers said on Wednesday it is appealing its lawsuit against Monsanto Co to challenge the company's patents on technologies for genetically modified seeds. The group of organic farmers and seed dealers says its industry is at risk from Monsanto's growing market dominance. "Farmers are under …
Tea Production in North India covering Assam and West Bengal for 2012 is set to register a sharp drop due to a prolonged dry spell and rising temperature across Assam and West Bengal. The crop loss is set to lead to cash flow problems for the tea companies. Data compiled …
LUCKNOW: Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav directed the officials to ensure that promises made to farmers in the Samajwadi Party's poll manifesto are fulfilled. At a meeting held, chief minister, asked officials to prepare and submit a policy for developing agriculture-based industries in a month's time and stressed that his government …
GUWAHATI, March 13 – The Joint Forum of Assam Tea Planters’ Association (ATPA), North Eastern Tea Association (NETA) and Bharatiya Cha Parishad (BCP) has hailed the announcement of the Chief Minister in the State budget yesterday for 2012-13 fiscal, that the Central government has been requested to declare tea as …
GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat government wants the price of Bt cotton seed to be regulated and put under its control despite opposition to it from the country's top seed producing companies. Intervening in a debate in the state assembly, state agriculture minister Dilip Sanghani blamed the Centre for "supporting the seed …
The Indian government has no plans to buy farmland abroad or help private companies do so, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said on Monday, after a local media report said New Delhi was debating the issue. “There is no government proposal. The ministry has not taken up this proposal,” Pawar told …
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government should impose immediate ban on the genetically modified seed of maize and others distributed by an American company in the province. This was demanded by the office-bearers of the Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehrik, while addressing a press conference at Haripur Press Club the other day. The …
The AP High Court on Tuesday upheld the decision of the AP Pollution Control Board to close down 19 rice mills located at Karmanghat area of the city and the decision of the Appellate Authority in securing `1 lakh as performance guarantee on each of the rice mills for shifting …
A federal class-action lawsuit brought last year by a consortium of farmers against the agricultural and chemical company Monsanto was dismissed Monday by Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald of Federal District Court. The plaintiffs, none of whom use Monsanto’s products, are seeking to have the company’s agricultural patents invalidated. They said …
Kolkata, 26 Feb: More and more tea makers are adding green tea in their portfolio as consumers in India are developing a taste for the beverage for its many health-promoting effects. Green tea consumption in India is rising at a rate of more than 10 per cent annually. According to …
Monsanto Co said on Friday that it had settled a long-running legal battle with residents of West Virginia who claimed they suffered environmental and health problems tied to pollution from a former Monsanto chemical plant. St. Louis-based Monsanto, which has shifted from a concentration in the chemical business to agricultural …
The energy audit of North Indian tea factories will begin shortly, according to Mr M.G.V.K. Bhanu, Chairman of the Tea Board of India. Talking to Business Line here on Wednesday, Mr Bhanu informed that the Tea Board has already completed the exercise for nearly 200 tea factories in South India. …
