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 …
Ananya Dutta KOLKATA: The peasants' wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Krishak Sabha, protested against the Centre's policies on agriculture, its removal of subsidies and its impairment of the Public Distribution System at a large rally here on Monday. While the Arjun Sengupta Report has said that …
Many organisations emerged in the country to create awareness among the farmers on organic farming. The 'Welfare Organization for Rural Development' (WORD) is a dedicated organization in Tirupati (A.P.) working for the upliftment of the rural poor through implementation of various technologies for livelihood, health and environment protection. The NGO …
The budget for the financial year 2010-11 aims to revive the agriculture sector that registered a negative growth last year due to drought and failed monsoon. Presenting the budget on February 26, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said agriculture was central to promoting inclusive growth, enhancing rural income and improving …
Kalpana Jain / New Delhi March 30, 2010, 0:59 IST The stink is out of urine, literally and metaphorically, with a growing number of researchers spotting commercial and ecological value in a liquid most people consider waste. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, for instance, is working to harvest …
Gandhinagar: Appalled by strong demand for organic fertilisers both from ruling BJP and Opposition Congress MLAs in the Gujarat state assembly on Thursday, state agriculture minister Dilip Sanghani blamed Government of India for failing to encourage it in a big way.
There is a general view in academic and policy circles that fertiliser subsidies are concentrated geographically on a relatively small number of crops and producers. In many cases they do not reach the targeted group(s). This paper examines the trends in fertiliser subsidy and issues of equity in its distribution …
The United Progressive Alliance government plans to launch a mega advertisement campaign to explain its new urea policy to the farmers. The campaign will also aim at thwarting the political storm arising out of the government
New York, March 2: A Swedish entrepreneur is planning to mass produce Peepoo, a biodegradable plastic bag that acts as a single-use toilet, which may help millions of urban slum dwellers in develop- ing countries like India. The bag, which is current- ly undergoing field trials in India and Kenya, …
Tuticorin: Tamil Nadu Integrated Agriculture Modernization and Water bodies Restoration Management (TN-IAMWARM) has been implementing a scheme with the assistance of the World Bank in the Shencottaiyar sub-basin at Vilathikulam taluk in Tuticorin district. At a function organised by the Department of Horticulture in Vilathikulam block on Friday, R. Gurumurthy, …
Barely a week before the Union Budget for 2010-11, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government today raised urea prices 10 per cent. It also allowed the industry to fix retail prices of other subsidised fertilisers, while limiting the government
In 2009, for the first time since the 1950s and the early stages of the Green Revolution, food security was taken seriously by policy-makers. There was substantial output from the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development, and with studies by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences …
China is the world's largest user of synthetic fertilizer, consuming 36% of the global total. As a result, China's farmers have exceeded soil needs, causing nitrates to accumulate and create serious pollution problems. And the hunger for nitrogen has added to China's energy and greenhouse gas emissions: In the atmosphere, …
On the surface it looks like a paradox. When agricultural production in most other states is plummeting, Gujarat, with large semi-arid tracts that were alien to good crops, offers a turnaround story. Last year, it posted an agricultural growth of 9.6 per cent against a national average of 2.9 per …
KRISHNAGIRI: Quality seeds are essential for rain-fed farming, Dr. A.K. Mani, Professor and Head, Regional Research Station of the Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, Paiyur said here on Thursday. Solid foundation Presiding over the three-day training programme on imparting knowledge and skills on seed production to the farmers and farm women, …
THODUPUZHA: In an effort to encourage bio-farming, the Central Government has decided to provide subsidy for bio-manure. Inaugurating the meeting of farmers as part of the `Agrifest
