Order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the matter of Bhisham Kinger Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 13/05/2025. The matter is related to deteriorating medical infrastructure in Punjab, especially Malerkotla district. An affidavit filed before the court showed that certain vacancies of doctors at Malerkotla have …
What do the blue jeans you wear, the hamburger you have for lunch, and the sheet you make your bed with have in common? They all take copious amounts of water to produce. One pair of blue jeans takes 2,900 gallons or about 78 bathtubs of water. Even your morning …
G.Srinivasan To overcome problem in operating the equipment in wet land with heavy clay breaking fresh ground:The improvised drum seeder being demonstrated in Tiruvarur on Wednesday. TIRUVARUR: A farmer of Manaparavai in Kodavasal block in Tiruvarur district has developed an improvised drum seeder to overcome the problem faced while operating …
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: With high prices of pulses a major worry, the Centre has re-oriented its strategy from this kharif season with farmers being given incentives to go for mechanisation through custom hiring of tractors, ridge and furrow planters and rotavators or rotary tillers. Farmers are also being encouraged …
Birmashri Rathore knows exactly how much water to add to milk so that it can still be accepted as milk. As the price of this essential commodity shot up across the country over the past two years, so did the level of dilution in the family’s daily milk. Three years …
Tejpal Mehta, former sarpanch of village Dighariya, is well known all over Thana Gaji tehsil of Rajasthan’s Alwar district because he is among the rare few who possesses 100 milch animals, both indigenous and crossbred. He also owns eight hectares (ha) of land. But that does not seem enough in …
Pune Chandrakant Ligade, a farmer-turned-entrepreneur has developed an instant milk cooler that has a small diesel generator and works on a single phase. The cooler can help farmers in keeping milk cool for a longer duration, thereby reducing the chances of it getting spoilt.
SHILLONG, May 4: State Chief Minister Mukul Sangma distributed agro-service machinery to 28 beneficiaries from Betasing and Zikzak Blocks under BRGF scheme at a function at the Ampati Mini Stadium in Garo Hills yesterday. Power-tillers, water pumps, SRI markers, weeders, etc were given to joint liability groups. Each set cost …
R. Sairam For improving a sugarcane harvester he has invented ENCOURAGING:P. Kantharaj of Arapalayam in the city demonstrating the sugarcane harvester invented by him. MADURAI: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned Rs. 1.38 lakh to a farmer here for improving a sugarcane harvester he invented. …
M.J. PRABU Drought, a scourge of humanity, makes living impossible for farmers, destroying land, men and farm animals alike. With the death of cattle, and lack of water for irrigation, ploughing barren fields becomes futile. But not for Mr. Mansukhbhai Jagani an ordinary, not well educated farmer in Mota Devaliya …
M.J. PRABU IN NAGALAND, bamboo based furniture is often made by local carpenters using inadequate hand tools. Lack of dedicated machines at affordable cost has curbed the efforts of the local woodworker. Even removing the hard green covering on the bamboo has remained a challenge for many. While more than …
Credit support to farm mechanisation, seed production for pulses, horticulture, and speeding up crop insurance compensation to farmers were among the imperatives in Tamil Nadu, according to the Chief Secretary, Mr K.S. Sripathi. Addressing the State-level credit seminar organised by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development in which …
Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran handing over the documents of the land identified for setting up the modern rice mill at Vechoor, Vaikom, t VECHOOR: The first hurdle for setting up the modern rice mill, under the aegis of public sector company Oil Palm India Ltd, was crossed on Sunday with …
The United Nations Industries Development Organizations (UNIDO) is looking at possibilities to launch a series of development projects in the Northern and the Eastern Provinces targeting the agriculture sector. UNIDO has launched a sustainable livelihood program for farmers in the Eastern Province to improve the living conditions of the farmer …
The government has shelved plans to import about 10,000 tractors under the Benazir Tractor Scheme (BTS) and decided that only locally made tractors would be provided to the farmers at subsidised rates under this scheme. This was stated by Federal Minister for Industries and Production Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo while talking …
The auto parts manufacturers and vendor industry has urged the government to immediately announce modalities of subsidised Benazir Tractor scheme involving national tractor industry as its producer which would save foreign exchange of Rs 4 billion besides generating thousands jobs for the locals. The Pakistan Automotive parts and Accessories Manufacturers …
Ravinder Sood Palampur, May 12 Despite the fact that the state government has restricted the use of tractors to agricultural purposes only. In Palampur, a large number of tractors are engaged in mining, quarrying, extraction of sand stone and transporting quarrying material from local streams and rivers to different towns. …
Agriculture sector of the country is incurring huge post harvest loss amounting to Taka 30,000 crore annually due to unplanned and haphazard collection and preservation of at least 15 food grains. On an average 17 percent of total production of the food grains suffer loss and due to this, the …
