The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
The persistence of colonial patterns of ownership of plantations in Kerala remains one of the enduring weaknesses of the land reforms programme of the 1970s in the state. The case of Chengara
Siliguri, Sept. 5: Farmers whose plots on the outskirts of Jalpaiguri town had been acquired for setting up a circuit bench of Calcutta High Court have resumed cultivation on the land after it lay unused for the past six years.
Saplings planted on the roadside of Argora bypass road by the forest department. Picture by Hardeep Singh Ranchi, Aug. 13: With an aim to revive the good old pleasant days in the state capital, the forest department has started tree plantation in the town this monsoon. And the noble task …
Ranchi, Aug. 13: The National Bank for Rural and Agriculture Development (Nabard) has decided to introduce and promote cultivation of noni (morinda citrifolia)
East Singhbhum superintendent of police Naveen Kumar Singh waters a plant on the school premises. Telegraph picture Jamshedpur, Aug. 3: Birhors, Sabars, Paharias, Santhalis and Mundaris today matched their steps at a tree plantation programme organised at Bharat Sevashram Sangh run Swami Parnavanand Centenary Girls' Residential School. With pollution level …
East Singhbhum superintendent of police Naveen Kumar Singh waters a plant on the school premises. Telegraph picture Jamshedpur, Aug. 3: Birhors, Sabars, Paharias, Santhalis and Mundaris today matched their steps at a tree plantation programme organised at Bharat Sevashram Sangh run Swami Parnavanand Centenary Girls' Residential School. With pollution level …
BHUBANESWAR: IN yet another populist measure to woo the voters, the State Government on Thursday announced that landless Scheduled Tribe and Scheduled Caste families residing in scheduled and Modified Area Development Approach (MADA) pockets will be given rights over the harvest in cashew plantations of two acres. A decision to …
10 Crore Saplings To Be Planted To Check Desertification Lucknow: Drought-prone Bundelkhand will now get 10 crore saplings from government's kitty. In what could be the biggest plantation target set forth ever for a region, the July 1 GO aims at improving the green cover of seven districts of the …
Insufficient rain in the central, southern and western parts of the country could hit kharif crop, a leading economist has said. "Kharif crops received insufficient rain in prominent cropping zones like Assam, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Going forward, the southern states and central India may witness …
In order to contain the monkey menace in and around the city, the Forest Department is planting saplings of fruit-bearing trees in Basistha area. Sources in the Forest Department said that about a thousand saplings of different fruit-bearing trees had been planted in the area, and plans were afoot to …
Mohali- The Punjab Tractors Limited (PTL) on Tuesday kick started a tree plantation drive in the city. Deputy Commissioner Rahul Bhandari planted the first of 10,000 saplings to be planted under the "Green Mohali' drive at the campus of the Paraplegic Rehabilitation Centre here. PTL has opted to spend 1 …
KOLKATA : The Kolkata Municipal Corporation's (KMC) dream to turn the city green seems to have gone sour. For the initial interest shown by the civic body in the project has waned as it is unable to fix a date to flag off this year's plantation drive. Previously, KMC on …
Jatropha would be planted at the peripheries of new plantations to be undertaken by Forest Department. Giving this information, Forest Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah informed that in the coming days this move would ensure livelihood to rural people though Forest Committees and bio-diesel would also become available from jatropha oil …
In Bihar's flood-prone villages, a cycle of misery is perpetuated - report by Bharat Dogra In a month's time the monsoon will arrive. And I am reminded of my visit to East Champaran district of Bihar four months after last year's "exceptionally destructive" floods. As person after person narrated his/her …
Labour pangs for farmers seem to be far from over. First it was the overall shortage of manual labour and now early rains are becoming a cause of worry for farmers. An early monsoon is good news for farmers, but the need to transplant paddy as soon as possible has …
This year's theme for the day is "Plant more fruit-bearing saplings, have improved health, nutrition and money." President Iajuddin Ahmed and Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed have issued separate messages on the occasion. In his message, Iajuddin stressed the need for ensuring nutrition apart from achieving food security to protect people's …
