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 …
Acknowledging that several States were badly hit by drought, the Central Government on Wednesday said that interlinking rivers was the only solution to the problem. “Interlinking of rivers is very important. We are working on it as this would solve the problem,” Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga …
South Asia is one of the most sensitive regions with regard to impact of climate change, India said today and called for SAARC countries to cooperate in addressing its impact on the farm sector. India also said farmers in the region are fighting against economic disparity and instability, and SAARC …
Rarely does a large multinational company threaten to leave India. But that is exactly what Monsanto, the $40-billion American seed and agrochemical behemoth, did earlier this month. In December, the ministry of agriculture had issued an order to cap the prices of Bt cotton seeds, the genetically modified (GM) hybrid …
US seed giant Monsanto has threatened to pull its genetically modified crop technology from India if the government goes ahead with its plan to cut the company's royalty fees. Monsanto's joint venture firm in India said that it would be difficult to bring new technologies to India because it was …
Industry and farmer bodies have welcomed the budget's focus on expansion of irrigation across the country, which is likely to irrigate an additional lakh hectares. Currently, over 60 % of the total 142 million hectares of farm land in the country is not covered under irrigation. "This will be a …
The bitter war within the Indian seeds sector seems to have escalated further, with a section of the National Seed Association of India (NSAI), led by its executive director Kalyan B Goswami, urging Mahyco Monsanto Biotech to pay compensation to farmers who suffered losses due to pest, pink bollworm, that …
Under the new scheme, the premia paid by farmers would be reduced to 2% of the insured value for the more rain-dependent kharif crop and 1.5% for the rabi season, compared with 3.5-8% at present under the two existing schemes. (Reuters) Under the new crop insurance scheme, the premia paid …
Amid growing hardships of the farmers on account of deficient rains in past two years, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the much awaited new crop insurance policy, which has been named Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna. The government will bear the lion’s share of the insurance premium at a …
With back to back drought years putting farmers under tremendous stress, the Centre believes it's effort to bolster irrigation infrastructure and disburse relief to farmers after extreme weather events are falling short thanks to some states dragging their feet. Union agriculture ministry in its periodic review of these schemes found …
NGO says it will affect bio-diveristy Activist forum — GM-Free Bengal – has opposed government alleged efforts to approve genetically modified (GM) mustard for commercial cultivation. Claiming that this was an attempt by multinationals to “enter the Indian market indirectly with the educational system”, the activists warned of severe impact …
Alleging that the Centre is going to approve the commercial cultivation of a “genetically modified (GM) mustard seed” under the guise of “hybrid mustard”, Coalition for a GM-Free India urged the State Government to continue ban on use of GM crops in Bengal. GM-Free India is a platform of NGOs …
BHUBANESWAR:The Centre has asked the State Government to distribute soil health cards to farmers to increase agriculture production. The Centre has already launched the scheme as per which it has decided to distribute soil health cards to farmers after testing the soil of the farming land. About 5.6 crore soil …
With several regions facing severe deficit in the monsoon, an agriculture ministry advisory has asked farmers to grow contingency crops such as short-duration pulses and millets and prepare the soil for the coming rabi, or winter, crops. A region-specific advisory by the ministry and India Meteorological Department (IMD) has urged …
Bhubaneswar: A total of 3,602 farmers of Odisha committed suicide in the past 15 years. This was informed by Agriculture Minister Pradeep Maharathy on Wednesday. In a written reply in the State Assembly, Maharathy said that according to the National Crime Records Bureau, 3,602 people employed in farming and agriculture …
Government today said the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has been accredited by the Green Climate Fund as an implementing entity for undertaking climate change related projects in India. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) was set up under the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on …
Chhattisgarh government had decided to implement the national agriculture insurance policy and cover seven crops for the current Kharif season. According to state government spokesperson, the crops to be covered under the national agriculture insurance scheme include paddy, Makka, Soyabean, Groundnut, Arhar pulses, Udad and Moong. The state cabinet had …
PMKSY aims at providing irrigation facilities to every village The government has approved Rs 50,000 crore for the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY) for the next five years. The scheme aims at providing irrigation facilities to every village by converging the ongoing schemes being implemented by key ministries such …
The Centre will soon come up with an overhauled version of agriculture insurance scheme, which would be termed 'Agriculture Income Insurance Scheme' to ensure minimum income to farmers in case of crop loss. "To ensure at least minimum income to farmers, we will launch Agriculture Income Insurance Scheme next year," …
New Delhi: Union government is implementing a cluster based programme called Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)to encourage organic farming, Ministry of Agriculture said. An amount of Rs 300 crore has been earmarked for the scheme for the year 2015-16. Under it, 50 or more farmers will form a cluster having …
The government of India has approved an allocation of Rs 184 crore for Odisha under 'Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India' (BGREI) for 2015-16. Of the agreed amount of Rs 184 crore, the Odisha government will bear 50 per cent or Rs 92 crore as state share. On account of …
