Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Plea to remove Agriculture Ministry’s nominee from panel The Coalition for GM-free India has urged the Supreme Court to “remove” the Agriculture Ministry’s nominee from the Technical Expert Committee (TEC) on genetically modified crops on account of alleged ‘conflict of interest’ in the matter of a PIL filed on Genetically …
The CPI leader, in his letter to Jaipal, cites “conflict of interest” Close on the heels of 17 MPs urging Science and Technology Minister Jaipal Reddy to withdraw from the Lok Sabha the recently introduced Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill, CPI leader D. Raja has also expressed “serious …
"Climate change is projected to reduce timely sown irrigated wheat production by about 6% in 2020. In case of late sown wheat, the projected levels are to the extent of 18%," Pawar said in the Rajya Sabha. Climate change is likely to bring down the production of key foodgrain crops …
Kerala, Karnataka Want Region Free Of Modified Crops Thiruvananthapuram: In contrast to the stand of the Kerala and Karnataka governments, the Union agriculture ministry bats for geneticallymodified (GM) crops in the Western Ghats area in its report submitted to the Kasturirangan committee. Both Kerala and Karnataka have already called for …
Finally, a diversification policy is in place with maize and cotton to be targeted as focus crops to help reduce the area under paddy cultivation. Simultaneously, the government has decided to withdraw the 3 per cent infrastructure tax on basmati to give a boost to basmati exports besides amending the …
Mumbai: Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has unexpectedly secured a whopping financial assistance of Rs2,700 crore from the Centre, as a result of which senior bureaucrats feel that there will be no shortage of funds to tackle the drought. “We are facing a worst-ever drought in 4,000 villages in 12 districts. …
Consider the two best-known facts about India’s food economy. On the one hand, 42 percent of our little children are malnourished. On the other, our godowns are bursting with foodgrain. Can we join the dots by drawing a straight line from the warehouse to the homes of the hungry? That’s …
A Group of Ministers (GoM) has restricted the environment ministry from executing the system of 'inviolate' mining areas, which would have rendered several acres of coal-bearing areas unmineable leading to a shortage of the fuel for power plants. This is seen as a setback for environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan's efforts …
Strange as it might seem to urbanites, birds don't flock to the cotton fields of Heggadadevanakote. That's mainly because of the invasion of Bt cotton - birds have lost their space, symbolizing the crisis we're facing. Unsustainable technologies are being pushed through, and simple methods backed by traditional knowledge are …
If Makhteshim Agan India fails to reply to the show-cause notice, its import approval could be revoked The Union agriculture ministry has issued a show-cause notice to Makhteshim Agan India, the Indian arm of Makhteshim Agan (MA), a leading crop protection solutions company based in Israel, for "variance" in data …
The government plans to revive cultivation of crops that make Punjab’s iconic “makki ki roti and sarson ka saag” -- maize and mustard --along with horticulture and fodder to breathe life into the stressed soil and the rapidly depleting water table in the green revolution state. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh …
Finally, the Centre today officially recognised the fact that Green Revolution states need crop diversification. The Centre has made a fiscal provision of Rs 500 crore in the budget to facilitate the plan for crop diversification, moving away from the traditional paddy-wheat cropping pattern. Announcing the provision, Union Finance Minister …
The Union Budget sought to consolidate the "remarkable progress" achieved in government's efforts to extend green revolution to eastern India by deciding to continue with the Rs 1,000-crore support. Finance Minister P Chidambaram made a fresh allocation of Rs 500 crore for crop diversification in Northwest India to offset the …
The Budget has provided ample resources for farmers and the farm sector even in a year of fiscal blight. The finance minister announced an allocation of Rs 27,049 crore to the agriculture ministry, an increase of 22% over the revised estimates for the current year. This includes Rs 9,954 crore …
Adoor Prakash submits memorandum to Sharad Pawar The State government has submitted a memorandum to Union Minister for Agriculture Sharad Pawar seeking a special package of Rs.7,888 crore to help the State tide over the prevalent drought conditions. The government had declared the entire State drought-hit on December 19, following …
The Punjab Government’s proposal to the Centre seeking Rs 5,300 crore for diversification in the agriculture sector has failed to generate any response. Last year, the Centre had conveyed to the state government to stop growing paddy as most of the rice consuming states have become self-sufficient. Following the Centre’s …
PANJIM: Mining dependent people from Goa have petitioned Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to evolve an affirmative political consensus between the State and the Centre for urgent and immediate resumption of mining activities in the State. Pro-mining agitators on Monday met Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar in New Delhi along …
Making a case for genetically-modified (GM) technology to boost farm output, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said scientists should not be denied the right to conduct field trials of such crops. “We cannot afford to curtail the vigour of our scientific community and deny them the right to conduct trials, as …
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Friday said there is a need to have a single milk brand to improve marketing of milk and its products in the Maharashtra, on the lines of Gujarat's Amul. He said the state lagged behind Gujarat in terms of marketing of milk. "In Gujarat, all …
The agriculture ministry is seeking more budgetary support to increase farm sector growth rate to 4% per annum from 3.5% at present. “The allocation this year would be more as the country needs to produce more to provide food security to the nation,” an agriculture ministry official said. “The scheme …
