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 Act as been enacted in Haryana, Himachal, Rajasthan, Uttaranchal, Mizoram and Delhi The Centre will review preparations for implementation of the National Food security Act with the States and UTs in a meeting here on Tuesday. The Act which got accent of President Pranab Mukherjee on September, 12 after …
The deadly foot-and-mouth disease, which claimed over 700 cattle this year in the state, is becoming a major cause of worry. The toll shot up from 456 last week to 730, more than the total number of deaths reported in the past seven years. Low subscription of the available vaccination …
Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said on Tuesday that the country should adopt genetically modified (GM) crops in order meet the higher foodgrain requirement under the landmark food security law. "We have to accelerate the pace of agricultural growth on a sustainable basis to meet the additional requirement of foodgrain for …
Agriculture Minister Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena ordered the private company who supplied low quality soya bean seeds to pay compensations to farmers who lost their harvest. The soya bean farming community in the Galenbindunuwewa area urged the government to provide immediate relief for them over the loss of cultivation due to …
When Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh pushed the historic Land Acquisition Bill in Lok Sabha, which cleared it on August 29, he did a balancing act to ensure that the new law was as flexible as possible and allowed a free hand to Chief Ministers of states. He, however, …
Industry says legislation will increase cost and timeframe for setting up new enterprises The Lok Sabha on Thursday adopted with an overwhelming majority a more consultative process of acquiring land — but also more rigorous and time-consuming — to replace an antediluvian law dating back to 1894. The Bill was …
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said farmers tend to prefer growing genetically modified crops as they give a higher yield and there has been a significant jump in productivity. "We are for organic farming; there are no two ways about it. But in Bt cotton production, 86 lakh bales were produced …
The use of pesticides dropped from 46 to 21 per cent. Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said that the use of Bt. cotton, the only transgenic crop, cleared by the Environment Ministry and the committee concerned, has resulted in increased cotton production/farmers’ income, and controlled bollworm disease in …
New Delhi: With all eyes set on the Supreme Court to resolve the controversial issue of genetically modified (GM) food crops in India, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday appealed to all stakeholders, including activists and policy-makers, to take a “sensible approach” so that it could solve the problem of …
India's regulatory system has to be rigorous and efficient. R S Paroda, the lone voice of dissent in the Supreme Court-appointed Technical Expert Committee (TEC) on genetically-modified (GM) crops, has severely criticised the committee's recommendations to uphold a moratorium on field trials of GM crops, sources said. Paroda's view is …
New Delhi: In a new-found boldness fraught with significant implications, the agriculture ministry has begun pushing for allowing trials of GM crops. As the Supreme Court is set to resume hearing on controversial GM crop issues from next month, the ministry may in Parliament on Tuesday try to allay the …
The Government will not allow commercial cultivation of Bt Brinjal till independent studies establish that the genetically modified food crop (GM crop) does not impact human health, the Lok Sabha was today informed. The Environment Minister, Jayanthi Natarajan said “no” in her reply to a written question on whether the …
New Delhi : Ahead of the debate on the Food Security Bill in parliament, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said Saturday that while he supports the Bill, he has concerns about keeping up with rising demand unless drastic steps, including approval to more genetically modified crops, are taken simultaneously to boost …
Citing an interview given by Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to CNN-IBN on the Supreme Court-appointed Technical Expert Group (TEC) on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), the Coalition for a GM-Free India has urged him to stop promoting GMOs in India. In a letter written to the Minister on Wednesday, the …
Cultivable land in India continues to shrink. It may not pose an immediate problem for the nation’s food security but its long-term effect could be disastrous with the country needing more and more foodgrains to support its growing population. Latest data from the agriculture ministry shows that as many as …
: Dismissing concerns expressed by activists and civil society against use of genetically modified (GM) crops in the country, the Union agriculture ministry on Tuesday said that such objections have been "very speculative" and "without any reasonable assessment". The ministry, known for its pro-GM crops stand, articulated its point in …
Scheme will be launched in December, will benefit 75% rural and 50% urban dwellers The Maharashtra government would launch the United Progressive Alliance’s ambitious food security scheme from December in the state. Of the state's 112 million population, 70 million beneficiaries would be covered under the scheme. The government proposes …
Scheme will be launched in December, will benefit 75% rural and 50% urban dwellers About 70 million of the 112 million residents of Maharashtra will be covered under the UPA's ambitious food security scheme, when the state launches the programme in December. The state government proposes to replace the yellow, …
Due to the flash floods, vast agriculture land in the hill areas had been washed away, while those in the plains had also been damaged. Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Thursday met Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar at Krishi Bhawan in New Delhi and submitted a proposal worth Rs 60.70 …
The Southern Regional Agriculture Ministry has made arrangements to enhance agricultural crop cultivation projects in the region. In addition to paddy cultivation, growing of green gram, gingelly, maize, kurakkan, cowpea and other supplementary food crops have been given priority. Cattle farming, bee keeping and mushroom cultivation will also be promoted …
