The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
In an attempt to boost capital infusion in agricultural sector the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has decided to provide refinance facility with a repayment period of five years at an interest rate of only 7.85 percent to cooperative bans and Regional Rural Banks (RRB). Informing newsmen …
While experts from Kolhapur said that the union government had failed to satisfy the needs of the agriculture and cooperative sectors in its budget announced on Thursday, Member of Parliament Raju Shetty, a farmers' leader in western Maharashtra, said that the union has started taking "appropriate steps" to boost these …
Budget proposals 2014-15 evoked mixed reactions from economic experts in the city on Thursday, with the Agri-Infrastructure Fund welcome, while the decision on FDI in defence and other areas faced came down under criticism. "Though the Pradhanmantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana to improve irrigation facilities is a welcome step, revival of …
Union finance minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday gave a fresh push for creating a national market for agricultural produce and planned reforms in food grain management through “restructuring” the FCI. In his Budget speech, he announced setting up of two centres of excellence in agricultural research (Assam and Jharkhand), two …
Price stabilisation fund to tackle inflation In a bid to boost farm production and cut post-harvest losses, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today announced a slew of measures which included concessional loans to landless growers, a new national scheme to promote irrigation, a separate television channel for farmers. Delivering his maiden …
The state government has approved detailed project reports (DPR) of five Rural Water Supply Schemes amounting to Rs 860.22 lakh for the districts of Kangra, Mandi and Shimla for funding under NABARD during the current financial year. A spokesperson of the government disclosed here today that the schemes include improvement …
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has warned Odisha government that sanction for development projects under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) will be withdrawn if it fails to implement projects at faster rate. According NABARD, as on March 31, 189 projects with the RIDF loan of Rs.380.09 crore …
Going by the issues that politicians are raising in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections, it seems that waterlogging in the Fazilka district is not their priority. Swathes of agricultural land in Khuyiansarwer and Abohar blocks of the district are inundated with water. With no government help, all farmers …
A check dam across Cauvery river has been constructed by the public works department (PWD) to tackle water crisis in the district. The dam, which has come up near Kambarasanpettai in Srirangam taluk, aims to raise water recharge in the adjoining areas. The nearby villages have been facing severe water …
Children of Jeed, Beli, Handad and Janda villages in Samba district of J&K; have to walk 10 km everyday to attend their school at Sumb as these villages have no road connectivity. The four villages, situated just 25 km away from the district headquarters, are glaring examples of lopsided development …
Spots like Swapna Nagiri, which is often used as a popular fair ground and a public event venue, can be seen with piles of decomposed garbage dredged out from the bottom of the canal A Rs. 2.41-crore Water Resources Department project to clean up the Canoly Canal is turning out …
Aluminium major's initiative helps farmers to take second crop Premsai Kanwar, a small farmer in Dondro village of Korba district, had never dreamt of taking a second crop in his field. Lack of irrigation facility literally made his land barren after taking the kharif paddy crop. Kanwar was not the …
Huge reserves of India’s natural resources going unutilized Modern technology should be used effectively to attract the youth to farming, K. Narayana Gowda, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, has said. He was addressing a seminar on “Information technology and agriculture” held on Monday at ‘Agrifiesta 2014’, an …
Hydel plant of 750 kilowatt capacity to come up at Kurissadi If things go according to the plans of the Energy Management Centre, the Kalakkayam waterfalls, near Palode, will be a source of electricity to the power-starved capital city and to the State at large. The centre, under the State …
This is happening especially with small and marginal farms In contrast to the tall claims of achieving double digit growth in agriculture sector National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) today said agriculture in Madhya Pradesh is perceived to be increasingly unviable owing to yield and price risks as …
The State Focus Paper for the year 2014-15 focuses on two important aspects viz., estimation of sectoral potential for credit on a scientific and rational basis to provide a development perspective for the State, as also suggesting an incisive coverage of critical infrastructure requirements and gaps to be bridged for …
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has sanctioned a loan of 88.29 crore to the Goa government mainly for a drinking water project in Shiroda and an irrigation project. Under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF), Nabard has sanctioned 36.99 crore for completing the drinking water supply project …
Aims to set up 600 water purifying plants in the country by 2014 National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard), along with the government of Karnataka, will promote water purifying plants throughout the State to provide clean drinking water in rural areas at more affordable rates, said G. R. …
Centre will launch pilot project in State soon: K.V. Thomas Union Minister of State for Food and Consumer Affairs K.V. Thomas said here on Saturday that the Centre would soon launch the pilot project of distributing 5-kg packets of rice to consumers in Kerala through the Public Distribution System as …
If National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) has its way, fishermen along the Tamil Nadu coast can sail just a few kilometres into the sea once in a few months and return with a catch of 10 tonnes. The institute has come up with technology to breed fish in huge …
