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 Union Government will formulate separate policy for development of horticulture in hilly States of the Country, keeping in view the special geographical and topographical needs of these areas. This was revealed by Himachal Horticulture Minister, Narender Bragta after his meeting with Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar in New Delhi …
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday urged the Union Government to cover all the poor in any State in the proposed National Food Security Act and cautioned against imposing a ceiling on the number of below poverty line(BPL) families. He also favoured a system of direct cash transfer to …
BHUBANESWAR: City-based Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA) will hold a two-day national consultation on growth in fisheries sector here from July 4. While all states and Union Territories (UTs) are likely to take part in it, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar would chair the meeting. The consultation will discuss …
J. Balaji NEW DELHI: Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Sunday allayed fears about the country facing a drought this year. Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced that the south-west monsoon was likely to resume over the remaining parts of central India and some parts of north-west India after …
IN ORDER to increase lending to the primary sector and to boost rural sector demand against the background of uncertain monsoons and consequent apprehensions over flagging economic growth, the Centre is under pressure to increase interest subvention on short-term crop loans to farmers in the coming Budget from the current …
The state agriculture directorate today held a meeting with scientists of Birsa Agriculture University to work on a contingency plan should the monsoon be delayed beyond June 30. Weather scientists have however not lost hope yet, predicting today that chances were bright for the southwest monsoon to kick in by …
The Manipur Government has requested the Union Ministry of Agriculture for additional funds for setting up of seven more horticulture processing units under the Technology Mission for Development of Horticulture in North Eastern Region citing that four units have been set up so far in Manipur. An official source said …
The agriculture ministry is preparing a contingency plan to prevent food shortage---------- For the first time in 30 years, India stares at the probability of a drought, which threatens to worsen the already precarious food demand-supply balance and plunge the country into a deeper food security crisis. The agriculture ministry …
The National Food Security Act, a high point of the Budget due to be presented by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, is giving the government plenty to chew on. The crux of the debate is whether government can bite the bullet and deroster APL (above poverty line) beneficiaries to re-target food …
KOCHI: If things go as expected, Kochi will soon sport a permanent agri-expo centre. Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Food K V Thomas on Thursday said that a decision had been taken to launch a permanent agri-expo centre at the European Economic Committee (EEC) Market at Maradu. It …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A food security law, to clearly define above-poverty and below-poverty line categories, will be formulated within 100 days, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Food and Public Distribution K.V. Thomas has said. At a meet-the-press programme organised by the Thiruvananthapuram Press Club here on Sunday, Prof. Thomas said …
One man stands surrounded by the debris of agricultural distress in this country: Sharad Pawar. In his second term as Agriculture Minister, he faces the formidable task of redeeming himself by solving the farm crisis that has claimed so many lives in India
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said on Thursday that it was a challenge to legally provide 25 kg of rice or wheat at Rs.3 per kg to all Below Poverty Line category of Public Distribution System beneficiaries and his Ministry was working towards it. On …
Rs 3/kg Grain May Not Be Boon To All Prabha Jagannathan NEW DELHI ON THE back of a 19% higher rice procurement this season (288.18 lakh tonnes up to May 18) and a record wheat buy (over 221 lakh tonnes), the food ministry is actively exploring hiking the quantum of …
Regulating GM paddy: The Supreme Court has issued notices to the ministry of agriculture, department of biotechnology under ministry of science and technology and the environment ministry to clear their stand on the regulatory process for approval of genetically modified (GM) crops (see
