Short affidavit on behalf of the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (RSPCB) in terms of the National Green Tribunal order dated January 22, 2025. The application was registered suo motu by the NGT on the basis of a news item titled "Toxic kilns pollution Aravallis; wildlife and locals suffer" appearing …
Joe C Mathew / New Delhi July 31, 2008, 5:46 IST Indian fertiliser companies are planning to invest around $5 billion (Rs 21,000 crore) in overseas joint ventures over the next three years. These companies are in negotiations for 19 such ventures, said government officials. These joint ventures are aimed …
as a part of a centrally-sponsored scheme non-recommended pesticides were being distributed to farmers in Rajasthan. Farmers were being forced to buy unnecessary pesticides as a part of the subsidy package under the National Horticulture Mission (nhm). These chemicals have not been approved for use in the crops that were …
Pesticides thrusted on unsuspecting farmers the recent agriculture input subsidy scam in Rajasthan may not seem big in terms of the money involved. But it has huge repercussions. Farmers were indiscriminately distributed specific chemicals to be used in crops for which these chemicals have not been recommended by the Union …
DH News Service, Chintamani: The deputy commissioner has issued stringent orders to provide permits to the farmers for the distribution of DAP and complex fertilisers in the district. A meeting had been called in this regard, which was attended by the agriculture officers and the executive officers of the taluk …
When Subhash Palekar, an advocate of natural farming dons the role of a teacher for four days from July 21, in Karnataka he will interact with the legislators on the need for chemical-free farming. Palekar, popularly known as Krishi-Ka-Rishi, needs no formal introduction to the farming community and agriculture experts. …
Khammam, July 20: Keeping the demand in the district for fertilisers in view, the government decided to send a consignment of 2,500 tonnes. The District Central Cooperative Bank (DCCB) is selling the fertilisers to farmers through its primary agricultural cooperative societies. The DCCB so far sold fertilisers worth of Rs …
Bangalore, PTI: Free power to irrigation pumpsets up to 10 HP from August 1, loans at three per cent interest to farmers, weavers and fishermen, enhanced retirement for government servants and a substantial allocation for development of infrastructure were the highlights of the revised State budget presented by Chief Minister …
DH News Service, Chikkaballapura: Members of Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha took out a protest march demanding government meet their various demands including satisfactory supply of fertilisers. Farmers who gathered in thousands took out a march in the main streets of the town raising slogans against the government. They demanded satisfactory …
the verdict is finally out. Modern agricultural practices, espoused by the industrial farming model, and genetically modified crops are not good for the planet and its inhabitants, says the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development report. What lends weight to the conclusions of the report is …
Joe C Mathew / New Delhi July 09, 2008, 0:41 IST The Madhya Pradesh High Court has stayed the implementation of the central government's pricing policy on single super phosphate (SSP) fertilisers. The decision may affect the supply of SSP in the state as the industry is apprehensive of selling …
Warangal, July 8: The minister for agriculture, Mr N. Raghuveera Reddy, and the minister for major irrigation, Mr Ponnala Lakshmaiah, had a tough time in pacifying the irate farmers, who took the ministers to task on the shortage of fertilisers and the irregular power supply. The ministers had an embarrassing …
The need to intensify agricultural production in the wake of the slow pace of growth in agricultural output realized in the recent past coupled with the rising demand for agricultural commodities; declining per capita availability of arable land, deteriorating position of availability of natural resources such as water; and the …
REUTERS World Bank President Robert B Zoellick holds up a bag of rice and a loaf of bread at a news conference in Washington The un acknowledges that in the past few decades governments and international financial institutions have not paid any attention to agriculture. Now the un, states and …
This paper estimates and compares the paid-out cost of cultivation of wheat in India, the most state-protected crop, during the input subsidy regime of the 1970s and 1980s and after its abolition in the 1990s, when economic reforms were initiated. The study uses the valuable time series information collected as …
CABINET DECISIONS DAP has been brought on a par with imports for calculating concessions. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today approved a new concession scheme for phosphatic and potassic (P&K;) fertilisers that would reduce subsidy bill by Rs 1,163 crore, besides providing incentives to the industry to increase …
NEW DELHI: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Thursday approved the concession scheme of the Department of Fertiliser on de-controlled phosphatic and potassic fertilizers, which would reduce the subsidy bill by Rs. 1,163 crore, besides encouraging the industry to raise production. Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, …
By G Manju Sainath, DH News Service, Bangalore: The violent and tragic twist to the shortage of fertilisers in the State claimed the lives of two farmers to police firing. As a possible answer to the fertiliser shortage, an agriculture scientist has suggested an effective substitute to chemical fertilisers. Presently, …
Joe C Mathew With the Union Cabinet expected to consider a new pricing policy for phosphatic fertilisers tomorrow, the three-month long uncertainty of the fertiliser companies over the maximum possible farm gate prices of phosphatic and potassic (P&K;) fertilisers may come to an end. Unlike other regulated sectors, price approval …
Anantapur, June 24: All-party committee leaders have decided to organise a Jail Bharo agitation and lay siege to the agriculture department joint director's office on June 26 in protest against the alleged negligence of the Congress government in solving farmers' problems. Speaking at a meeting organised at the CPI office …
