Ministry Of Agriculture

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Godavari river, Telangana, 29/05/2025

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 …

Centre to help Himachal replant apple orchards

Baldev S Chauhan / Shimla July 31, 2009, 0:22 IST The Union agriculture ministry has agreed to enhance central assistance from Rs 23,000 per hectare to Rs 56,000 per hectare for planting improved apple tree varieties in the old orchards of Himachal Pradesh. This was stated by the state

Global warming to hit Indias wheat bowl: Pawar

Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar yesterday said global warming would have an adverse impact on India

Paddy sowing badly hit: Pawar

Vinay Kumar NEW DELHI: Though deficiency in rainfall in the country was down to -19 per cent on July 22 from -54 per cent on June 24, Minster of Agriculture Sharad Pawar on Tuesday admitted that sowing of paddy had been adversely affected in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand. …

Gamble in the monsoons

There have been good crops in years of poor rain Surinder Sud / New Delhi July 28, 2009, 0:04 IST There have been good crops in years of poor rain and huge variations in years which have had similar rain. The prospects of a good crop are often linked to …

Pawar admits drought spectre, adds plan ready

Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has admitted in the Lok Sabha that the country is facing a drought-like situation that will hit agricultural production but at the same time has allayed fears underlining that the government is well prepared to deal with the situation.

Agriculture, most important area of India-U.S. collaboration: Hillary

Devesh K. Pandey NEW DELHI: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday said agriculture would be the strongest and most important pillar of cooperation between the United States and India. During a visit to the Indian Agricultural Research Institute here (IARI), Ms. Clinton said:

US package for India to fight hunger soon

AMIT AGNIHOTRI The Indo-US cooperation in the agriculture sector is all set for a big push with the US likely to unveil a huge financial package to help India fight hunger and achieve its food security target. "We will be announcing five pillars of our cooperation with India on Monday. …

Pawar: Soil health card soon

Indian farmers will soon be provided with soil health card, to guide them for a balanced and judicious use of chemical fertilisers in an effort to maintain the soil health. Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday that these cards will have details regarding the deficiency …

Weak monsoon may hit rural growth plans

New Delhi: With foodgrain stocks at a record 329 lakh tonnes, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

PM meets Pawar on rain distress in Central India

AMIT AGNIHOTRI The Prime Minister has asked Union Cabinet secretary K.M. Chandrashekhar to monitor the situation on a daily basis Concerned over continuing rain distress in Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, heartland of the green revolution, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took stock of the situation in a meeting with …

PM holds urgent meet to discuss rain woes

New Delhi: With an urgent review of the monsoon and crop situation taken by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh revealing that its comfort zone is shrinking because of the adequate rains in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, government on Monday took precaution of cancelling export of 6 lakh …

PM reviews crop situation

NEW DELHI: With the overall rainfall continuing to be below normal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday reviewed the crop situation and directed officials to be ready for any contingency. Dr. Singh met with senior officials of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and the Agriculture Ministry, just before leaving for …

IMD rains pains for Pawar

Farm ministry irked at IMD (which is under earth sciences ministry) making rain data public, as it has to do ground work to minimise the adverse impact of poor monsoon Our Political Bureau NEW DELHI POOR monsoon may have triggered off cold vibes between the NCP chief Sharad Pawar

Farmers facing drought-like situation in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Palam Dharam Deo Solanki has in a letter to Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar demanded that the rural areas of Delhi be declared

Govt says there is no threat of a drought

AMIT AGNIHOTRI and PRASHANT PANDEY July 9: Concerned over a weak monsoon system, which has eluded north-west India affecting sowing of kharif crops, the agriculture ministry is still not terming it as a drought-like situation. However, as Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar remained huddled in stock-taking meetings with senior officials, …

Alarm bells ring as paddy sowing down 25%, oilseeds 50%

Deficient rainfall in many parts of the country has started showing stress on the progress of sowing of kharif crops. As of the first week of July, the sowing of paddy, the major food grain crop of the season, was down by about 25 per cent compared to last year, …

Centre mulling new scheme for loan paying farmers: Pawar

Sharad PawarHailing the decision of waiving farmers

Pawar assures 100 pc aid

BHUBANESWAR: Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today announced full assistance to the states for modernisation of important fishing harbours and landing centres. The Centre is providing 100 percent financial assistance for construction of major harbours and the level of assistance for minor fishing harbours and landing centres has been increased …

Pawar suggests study on climate change

Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar addressing the inaugural session of National Consultation of State Fisheries Ministers in Bhubaneswar on Satur BHUBANESWAR: Like plants moving to higher altitudes to evade effects of global warming, certain fish species, which were recorded only in Kerala too have moved northwards. The species were recently …

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