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 …
The empowered group of ministers (EGoM) on drought, chaired by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, today gave in-principle approval for a Rs 2,519-crore package to Maharashtra to tackle drought-like situation in the state. The package is part of the total demand of Rs 4,919 crore the state had proposed and would …
India took steps amid its second drought in just four years to cut irrigation costs and increase fodder supplies for livestock farmers but stopped short of curbing exports of agricultural products or banning futures trade. June-September monsoon rains, the main source of irrigation for 55 per cent of its farmlands, …
50 per cent diesel subsidy to farmers to save standing crops With the country facing a 20 per cent deficient monsoon, the Union government on Tuesday announced a financial assistance of more than Rs. 1,900 crore under various schemes for the affected States. It also extended a diesel subsidy of …
Subsidy on diesel, seeds to be hiked to help farmers The Central government on Tuesday approved Rs 1,931 crore financial package to five drought-affected states, including Rs 224 crore for Karnataka. The package will be used primarily to ensure supply of drinking water in rain deficient states and improve watershed …
Package includes cheaper diesel for irrigation, funds to ensure drinking water The government has stopped short of declaring a drought but rolled out a relief package which includes subsidised diesel for irrigation, funds to ensure drinking water, seed subsidy for resowing crops and augmentation of fodder supply. “The number of …
With 64 per cent districts in the country recording less than normal rainfall this monsoon, the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on Tuesday announced a 50 per cent diesel subsidy scheme for the farmers to help them save the standing kharif crop through irrigation. It also approved enhancing the subsidy …
Centre Announces Subsidy On Diesel, Seeds For Farmers New Delhi: India could be staring at a drought worse than the one it experienced in 2009. Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar informed that nearly half of the 624 districts had received deficient rains, another 15% experienced scanty or little rains and …
With rainfall set to be below normal this monsoon and Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan already facing drought-like conditions, the EGoM headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar will meet Tuesday to discuss measures to meet the challenge. Pawar will hold separate meetings with the chief ministers of the four states …
More than a month after Pranab Mukherjee resigned from the Cabinet after being nominated as the UPA’s presidential candidate, the government on Monday rationalised the total number of Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) and the Group of Ministers (GoM) to 21 as against 39 previously. According to the new list …
People from villages affected by the Navi Mumbai international airport have demanded the government and project developers to provide them 40 per cent of the developed land as compensation. Of the total 2,020 hectares (ha) of land required for the airport project, nearly 1,400 ha are in the possession of …
In the wake of imminent drought in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat and Rajasthan, an Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) would hold discussions with the Chief Ministers of these States in the coming week on evolving immediate relief measures, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said at a public function here on Sunday. …
With the monsoon below normal this year and particularly patchy across a few regions, Gujarat, Karnataka and Maharashtra are exploring cloud-seeding options to bring rains. The India Meteorological Department has forecast a 23% deficient monsoon this year. Hindustan Zinc, a Vedanta Resources' subsidiary and the world’s largest manufacturer of zinc, …
The spectre of drought looms large over major parts of northern and western India and Karnataka following a poor monsoon threatening kharif (summer sown) crop output and leaving farmers and livestock in distress. Shortage of drinking water and an adverse impact on the prices of fruits, vegetables, pulses, sugar has …
NEW DELHI, 29 JULY: The spectre of drought looms large over major parts of northern and western India following a poor monsoon that has already hit sowing of kharif crops and left farmers and livestock in distress. Shortage of drinking water and an adverse impact on the prices of fruits, …
New Delhi Terming water pollution as a ‘‘national crisis’’, a Parliamentary committee has decided to summon officials of at least six central ministries to seek their views to find ways to check the problem. ‘‘Since the subject of water is not restricted to only one ministry, we have decided to …
The Centre has sought the Supreme Court’s permission to use the available stock of the banned pesticide endosulfan for agricultural purpose on the ground that incinerating it will cost the exchequer Rs. 210 crore. “The cost of disposal of the live stock of endosulfan by incineration shall be more than …
New Delhi In the shadow of the monsoon deficit, the Union agriculture ministry has drafted a contingency plan for states that have received scanty rainfall, focussing on alternative or short-duration crops. The Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) blueprint includes a shift, wherever possible, to alternative crops like bajra, groundnut, …
The Punjab government on Sunday sought a Rs 800-crore interim relief package from the Centre expressing its anxiety over the drought-like situation in the State. The State also sought 1000 mw additional power allocation from the Central pool in lieu of extra money being spent by the State government on …
Chandigarh: With a deficient monsoon jacking up input costs, farmers in Punjab are staring at a crisis. In view of the use of diesel for irrigation, input costs are likely to go up to Rs 8,000 an acre, prompting the state government to urge the Centre to grant a Rs …
Sugarcane FRP set at Rs. 170 per quintal for 2012-13 From now on, damage to crops due to extreme cold or frost will be considered a natural calamity and the affected farmers will be eligible for financial relief from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) or the State Disaster Response …
