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 government will bring out a report on the state of agriculture every year before the Budget, said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday. Addressing a delegation of farmer leaders, the Prime Minister said he would convene a joint meeting with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar …
JAIPUR: Farmer groups in Rajasthan have contested the claim of U.S.-based agricultural bio-technology giant Monsanto that its agreement signed with the State Government last July would make a sustainable improvement in farmers' lives and affirmed that the pact would in fact leave the very productive base of agriculturists
Farm Minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said the government should consider allowing exports of limited quantities of wheat and rice as stocks were good. Pawar also said a ministerial panel on food was likely to clear sale of 5 lakh tonnes of sugar under the Open General Licence (OGL) scheme, …
Am empowered group of ministers (eGoM) on food is likely to meet on Monday to decide on permitting export of 5 lakh tonnes of sugar and slash minimum export price of onions, according to sources. In the last meeting, the eGoM headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, had reviewed prices …
Inadequate investment in farming and speculative trading in commodities are equally responsible for global price volatility. In an address to the Berlin Agriculture Ministers meeting last month, World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director General Pascal Lamy said export restrictions are a prime cause of recent surges in global food prices, and …
G-20, the grouping of developed and emerging market economies, will focus on food security but issues concerning India like rising prices of vegetables may not come up for discussions at a meeting in Paris next week. The meeting of finance ministers of these countries, to be held from February 17 …
A change in leadership has changed the stance of the food ministry on the proposed National Food Security Bill. Till agriculture minister Sharad Pawar held the food portfolio, the ministry used to express reservations on the proposed food security bill citing availability of grains and the huge cost involved in …
After reports of damages to rabi crop because of recent frost in the state, the Madhya Pradesh government has decided to suspend recovery of agricultural loan from farmers for the time being besides providing financial relief to farmers. According to Madhya Pradesh agriculture minister Ramkrishna Kusmaria, besides the loan recovery …
With prolonged cold weather condition prevailing in the key growing areas of northern and central India during the last few months, the country's wheat production is expected to match last year's record production of 81 million tonne, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said on Wednesday .
THIRUVOIPATI NANDAKUMAR How is better delivery expected by allocating more foodgrains, when the system is not equipped to handle even the current level of allocation? The debate about the proposed national food security act seems to be centred on the magnitude of the allocation of food grains. But the issue …
THE timing and the message of the conference could not have been more stark. At a time when the endosulfan problem is in the limelight, sparking calls for a nationwide ban on the pesticide, its manufacturers staged a remarkable feat. They held a three-day conference on rural prosperity at Delhi’s …
After a long and herculean struggle, the people of Kasaragod district succeeded in getting the Kerala government to ban the deadly pesticide Endosulfan. In the meantime, 400 lives have been lost according to government figures, hundreds have been maimed and a much greater number are bedridden.So imagine our surprise when …
Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar has agreed to send secretaries of agriculture and irrigation departments to the state for a review of agricultural schemes in Jharkhand. During a meeting with chief minister Arjun Munda in Delhi today, Pawar said he was ready to accept Jharkhand
THE Union agriculture ministry has refused to lower standards for imported milk despite some coaxing by the Barack Obama administration during the US president’s recent visit to India. The Department of Animal Husbandry said its milk import norms would remain unchanged. The US dairy industry had for long been pushing …
IT HAS been drafted several times in the past six years. The Union agriculture ministry is confident the seeds bill will make it through Parliament this winter session. But opposition parties, and some MPs from the ruling Congress Party, are getting ready to corner the ministry over legislation. The Seeds …
Gujarat is a role model for the rest of the country with respect to certification of agricultural land, with more than 70% of the state's farmers provided cards with information on the quality of their soil, a senior agriculture ministry officer said on Monday.
Kasaragod: Congress leader V.M. Sudheeran has accused the Union Agriculture Ministry of having an unholy nexus with pesticide manufacturing companies and said it is an injustice to the people. He was speaking to presspersons attending a meeting organised by the Anti-Endosulfan Campaign Committee at the Government Guest House here on …
Preeti Parashar Posted: Monday, Dec 06, 2010 at 2333 hrs IST Tags: Government Source More Horticulture Crops | CII Agrotech 2010 | Centre Holds Foodgrain Stocks | Punjab Contributes 40% Of Paddy Comments Email print Financial Express Facebook Twitter more The government is mulling sourcing more horticulture crops and oilseeds …
