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 …
Earlier this year, Sunil Kadam, 38, a sugarcane farmer from Kolhapur, went to Europe, where he visited dairies and cheese processing units in Amsterdam, saw greenhouses being run on solar energy in Germany and learnt more about mixed farming. A couple of months later, Kadam started a dairy unit to …
The North Eastern states will get Rs 100 crore this year from the Agriculture Ministry to promote cultivation of rice under the National Food Security Mission (NFSM). All eight NE States, including Sikkim, are being covered under NFSM for cultivation of rice this year. Till last year, only Assam was …
Not to allow field trials of transgenic rice varieties The government on Monday asserted that it would not permit field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops in Kerala, even as research and advocacy groups came out against the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) for considering an application submitted by a …
New Delhi Buoyed by two straight years of bumper grain harvests, the government said on Thursday it would supply nearly 10% more quality seeds than the requirement this summer to ensure sowing doesn’t get adversely affected. The government will supply 14.18 million quintal of quality seeds this summer, compared with …
ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh on Monday launched the National Food Security Mission (NFSM), a flagship programme of the UPA government, to ensure food security for all. With the launching of the project by Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandary and Dairy Development Minister Setong Sena, Arunachal has become the second Northeastern state to …
Leading pharma companies including GlaxoSmithkline, Pfizer and Ranbaxy sell commonly used drugs at a rate 10 times the cost of production, a study by the Corporate Affairs Ministry has found. A study by the Cost Audit branch of the MCA found drugs like Calpol manufactured by Glaxosmithkline, Corex Cough Syrup …
To keep fruits and vegetables fresh during transportation over long distances and cut post-harvest losses, the National Horticulture Mission (NHM) and Indian Railways have joined hands to start the country’s first ‘Farmferry’ — a special air-conditioned train that moves chikoos, bananas, apples, pineapples and potatoes between western and northern India. …
Petrol Hike Should Have Been Done Earlier: Pawar Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar has said that the UPA government could have managed the petroleum price hike in a better manner, to spread out the burden over a longer period of time. On NCP’s 13th anniversary, Pawar spoke on a range of …
New Delhi The food ministry has opposed the agriculture ministry's proposal to hike the support price of paddy by over 15% to Rs 1,250 per quintal for 2012-13, saying the move would result in increase in food subsidy bill. The minimum support price (MSP) of paddy of common and 'A' …
To get outlay of Rs 20,000-25,000 cr proposal for subisdised loans, too The government has decided on a comprehensive push for mechanisation of agriculture, by setting up machinery hiring centres in every village in the 12th Plan period. These machinery is to be leased for harvest with support from states …
New Delhi Commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma has mooted a new formula to the group of ministers (GoM) on pharma pricing to keep prices of essential medicines in check. Sharma recommended that the weighted average price of all drug brands that have more than 5% market share in a …
Biotech industry’s propaganda is false The only transgenic crop grown in India is Bt cotton developed by injecting a toxin from a soil bacterium called Bacillus Thuringiensis [Bt] into a cotton seed through a highly sophisticated process. When planted the seed produces a highly toxic cotton plant. Its roots, stem, …
State had sought . 2,281 crore for relief measures in 15 drought-hit districts. The union government has approved an assistance of Rs 575 crore to Maharashtra towards drought relief work. “The decision was taken on Friday by a high-level committee comprising finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, home minister P Chidambaram, agriculture …
Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar is trying to re-establish his ‘farmer-friendly’ politician image but it’s been hard going with the flip-flop on commodity exports and rising farmer suicides. In April, he wrote to the prime minister criticising the government’s export policies for being “against the interests of the farming community”. …
New Delhi Congress MP Jyoti Mirdha on Friday urged the group of ministers on pharma pricing, headed by Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, to extend the regime of price control to all the drugs available in the retail market. Mirdha argued that profits earned by pharma companies were primarily used …
New Delhi: It’s a problem of plenty for dairy companies. Left with excess inventory of skimmed milk powder owing to the good monsoon in the last two years, dairy majors say growth will be hit this year, with most of them expecting lower profit margins compared to last year. India, …
The Centre is contemplating to hike retail prices of urea by 10 per cent. The proposal is likely to be put up before the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs soon for its consideration. A panel, led by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, had last year approved a new draft urea policy, …
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Wednesday said a white paper on the irrigation situation in the state would be published within 15 days. Talking to reporters after the weekly cabinet meeting, Chavan said though the issue of white paper was not on the agenda, it was discussed briefly. He …
What stops the government from using good harvests to reduce, if not eliminate, hunger? For ordinary folk, a 3 per cent increase in food grain production over that of last year, combined with strong procurement operations and good buffer stocks of rice and wheat would be a cause for some …
New Delhi Concerned over the adverse impact of fertilisers on soil and crops, government plans to reduce subsidy on them and divert funds to organic manures, bio-fertilisers, green manures and promotion of organic farming. “During the first Green Revolution, productivity was increased by 50% with the help of fertilisers. But …
