Agro-Based Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding an illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, 29/05/2025

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 …

Government to accord highest priority to agriculture

Despite the implementation of several programmes and spending crores of rupees on the agriculture sector, the income level of farmers has not registered any perceptible improvement, said Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday. Delivering the inaugural address at the two-day conference of Collectors and police officers at the Secretariat, she said, …

Industry awaits Bengal pill for land problems

Calcutta, Nov. 7: Industry association Assocham today urged the Bengal government to play a greater role in the process of land acquisition to set up industries. “Land holdings are highly fragmented in Bengal. If some private investor wants a big chunk of land to set up industry, they should be …

Measures afoot to revive sericulture industry in J-K

The Jammu and Kashmir Agriculture Minister Ghulam Hassan Mir has said the cocoon production in the state has increased to 1,900 metric tonnes this year and has yielded Rs 11 crore this fiscal. “With the efforts of the government, the cocoon production of the state has reached 1,900 metric tonnes …

Agriculture ministry to ban import of Syngenta pesticide

The agriculture ministry will ask the Indian arm of Swiss agrochemical giant Syngenta to stop import and marketing of its flagship insecticide Emamectin Benzoate in India soon. The ministry’s decision, once notified, will put curtains down on a four-year old tussle the company had been waging against the ministry after …

Kisan mela from Oct 18

BAREILLY: Indian Veterinary Research Institute will organise the 10th Kisan Mela 2011 from October 18 at its main campus at Izatnagar on "Entrepreneurship in Livestock" to offer a platform to scientists, livestock owners and farmers. tnn agri-business and industry entrepreneurs, researchers and students to exchange their views, interests and experiences. …

D-8 ministerial meeting: Dhaka proposes joint ‘green energy’ fund

Industries Minister Dilip Barua has proposed to set up a joint investment fund for improving green energy initiative within the member countries of the D-8. "I firmly believe it'll help us a lot in enhancing intra D-8 trade and investment to successfully negotiate with the adverse affects and challenges of …

Gogoi against big industries

GUWAHATI, Sept 22 – Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said that there was little scope for foreign investment in Assam in view of shortage of land necessary for big industries. Gogoi who was addressing a press conference added that the State Government’s thrust was on developing and sustaining a ‘green …

Call to increase agricultural output

Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has laid emphasis on getting remunerative prices for agricultural produce to farmers in view of rising prices of farm inputs, such as seeds, pesticides, fertilisers and fuel, and called for bringing together the MGNREGS and farmers to help augment the agricultural output. Addressing a national …

Trouble brews for tea industry: MNREGS ‘triggers’ absenteeism

The rain-god may have been the kindest this year. However, the tea industry is facing a new crisis, that of absenteeism, which incidentally has been triggered off by MNREGS, the proudest flagship programme of the UPA government. The problem has become so big that the industry is even willing to …

Jaipur to hold farmers' convention

A national convention of farmers and agricultural scientists to be organised here this Saturday will highlight innovative practices and scientific research and development in the agriculture sector for enhancing crop yield, improving seed varieties and scaling up soil productivity. Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, Chief Ministers Ashok Gehlot of Rajasthan …

Earnings to double if India ups tobacco exports to 10%

Although India grows more than 10 per cent of the world's tobacco, our value share of the $11-billion global tobacco leaf export trade is only 5 per cent, according to a Tobacco Institute of India (TII) study. Explaining Indian tobacco's potential, the study said, “This is because exportable varieties (FCV …

Jharkhand industrial policy (draft) 2011

The Jharkhand industrial policy (draft) 2011 has been formulated with the basic objective of optimally utilizing the available resources in planned and systematic manner for the industrialization of the state. It is aimed at enhancing value addition of the natural and human resources in an efficient manner to generate additional …

Retail chains for agro/food products: Inclusive or elusive?

The supporters of liberalisation often argue that if the modern food retail sector is allowed a full round of liberalisation, it may have various positive outcomes, including a reduction in prices. This article raises a counter question, what if the markets, as it happens in several instances, fail to deliver …

Agro industries to replace steel plant project

  Land acquisition is again in the news in Mundaragi taluk. But this time, it will be to set up agriculture-based industries. The backward taluk hit the headlines a month ago when the government had initiated the land acquisition process to set up steel industries. But the move was abandoned following …

Declare tea national drink: Assam planters urge Centre

The North Eastern Tea Association (NETA), an organisation of tea planters in Upper Assam, has asked the Government of India to declare tea as a national drink. The association has also asked the Assam government to declare tea as a state drink, so that the ground is prepared for a …

Badal for separate package for states agri industries

Chandigarh Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal strongly urged members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on commerce to take up various pending issues of the state, including industrial package on the lines of hill states, setting up of steel silos, package for agro industries development, relaxation of the norms to …

Green tea leaf growers seek factory licence

The North Eastern Tea Association (NETA) has called upon the State Government to be

Orissa a huge investment destination

BHUBANESWAR: Despite the raging issues of land acquisition and local resistance, industrialisation has gone off in a big way in the State. About 45.9 per cent of the total outstanding investments had actually gone on ground while 51 per cent of the live investment projects were past the announcement stage, …

Decks cleared for big ticket investments in Bihar

With the Nitish Kumar government giving its nod to the new Industrial Promotion Policy, 2011, the decks have been cleared for big ticket investments even as the fate of investment proposals worth around Rs 1 lakh crore hangs fire due to alleged non-cooperation from the Centre. The new policy, effective …

Bihar Industrial Incentive Policy 2011

Bihar Industrial Incentive Policy-2011 for accelerated industrial development of the state. In view of the rapid changes in the Global Industrial Scenario, Bihar Industrial Incentive Policy- 2006 has been reviewed with an objective to attract domestic and foreign investment as well as revival and expansion of business operations of the …

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