Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced here on Wednesday her government's decision to increase the number of those to whom rice is being made available at Rs. 2 a kg.
The main purposes of this paper were to assess effects of smallholder farmers access to livelihood capital (e.g. land, livestock and water) on livestock water productivity (LWP) and to evaluate impacts of selected interventions in reducing livestock water demand (per unit of livestock product) and therefore increasing LWP.
We conducted a cross-sectional study among 188 tribal children aged 6-59 months using two-stage sampling in Bankura-I Block of Bankura district, West Bengal, India, to assess their nutritional status and its relation with household food security. Weight and height/length were measured and analyzed as per new WHO Growth Standards. Mothers …
The state government would distribute 70,000 metric tons of potato, lying in cold storages in five districts, free of cost for mid-day meal and ICDS, finance minister Mr Asim Dasgupta announced today, admitting that the state exchequer had to drain off Rs 60 crore to
KOLKATA, 27 Sept: The state government today declared Jalpaiguri and Bankura as e-district after the chief minister inaugurated the project through which citizens can get various services through online submission of forms and delivery of certificates. The chief minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, inaugurated the citizen service kiosks through video-conferencing. At …
KOLKATA, 26 Sept: Encouraged by the Supreme Court order which instructed the Centre to distribute foodgrain free of cost to the poor instead of allowing it to rot in storehouses, civil rights groups are going to hold demonstrations outside the FCI godowns across the south Bengal districts, including Left-wing extremism-affected …
Sept. 17: The Centre today announced a diesel subsidy of up to Rs 500 per hectare to farmers in drought-hit Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand to help them irrigate their fields.
Namrata Acharya / Bankura (west Bengal) August 25, 2010, 1:43 IST West Bengal finds drought has gripped 11 of its 18 districts. The state, one of the country’s largest rice producers, has received 30 per cent less rainfall so far, which has turned the otherwise lush landscape into parched patches, …
Ananya DuttaKOLKATA: The threat of a drought looms over several parts of West Bengal because of inadequate rainfall which could have serious repercussions on paddy production, Minister for Agriculture Naren Dey said here on Thursday.
In an unseemly hurry the state finance minister, Mr Asim Dasgupta, today announced that the state government would declare eight districts drought-affected if there is a rainfall deficit till 15 August which is the deadline for paddy transplantation.The prior announcement which was made apparently to help the farmers put their …
A micro-level study was conducted in Bankura district in India with 50 tribal and 50 non-tribal farmers practicing mixed crop-livestock farming. The farmers were asked about several animal welfare criteria including those for draft animals.
KOLKATA, 18 JULY: The initiatives taken by the state government to woo the tribal populace in Junglemahal may hit a roadblock as the Backward Classes Welfare (BCW) department, supposed to undertake the projects as a nodal department, is facing trouble in arranging funds. During a recent meeting convened by the …
The first thing that greets the eye at Amader Haspatal, a rural hospital in a remote part of West Bengal's tribal dominated Bankura district, is the sheer burst of colour all around.
The continuing hot spell across the state has claimed three lives today. A 53-year-old man, Sanat Kumar Brambha, fell ill near Liluah auto-rickshaw stand in Howrah while he was on his way to work. He was declared brought dead when taken to the TL Jaiswal Hospital. A doctor of the …
Goats are increasingly seen as a threat to the ecology as they feed on any type of plant species. But goat keeping continues to be an important livelihood activity for the resource poor people. BAIF has promoted a number of initiatives with twin goals of helping small farmers in rearing …
Joint Forest Management (JFM), the partnership between the Government Forest Department and forest-fringe community (organised through the Forest Protection Committees (FPCs) towards Forest Protection, had its inception in the state of West Bengal and is considered to be the most successful in this state. Bankura (North) Division, being part of …
