Reply affidavit on behalf of the Central Ground Water Board in the matter of Suo Moto case titled "Haryana 60.48% groundwater over exploited Kurukshetra worst Jhajjar best says" appearing in the Tribune, January 8, 2025. The CGWA report, May 3, 2025 addresses the issue of groundwater exploitation and violation of …
India must document and legally protect the farmers' varieties (FVs) and use them globally as a trade strategy. The FVs therefore can be equated with the prior art provision of The Patents (Amendment) Act, 2005. Providing necessary legal framework will ensure that already known FVs are not encroached as
Kurseong, March 23: Some residents of Ambootia Tea Estate, 6km from here, have formed a farmers' club and tied up with Nabard in a bid to solve the unemployment problem that is plaguing the hills. The Ambootia Farmers' Club, formed on February 16, is the first of its kind in …
As envisaged in its common minimum programme (CMP), the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) government will lay emphasis on diversification of agri and allied sectors to augment production and productivity. Informing this in his address to the first session of Nagaland assembly yesterday, Governor K Sankaranarayanan pointed out that owing …
The chief adviser, Fakhruddin Ahmed, has taken the helm of yet another committee to help curb the unabated food price spiral that made the commoners' life extremely miserable with sharp decline in their purchasing capacity. The council of advisers at its weekly meeting on Sunday formed the
Declining agricultural productivity and the increasing demand for foodgrains have emerged as a big challenge before the country. Barring a few states, the production level of agriculture in most of the states has either been static or gone down. In many cases, overuse of chemical fertilisers has adversely affected soil …
An agricultural fair begins in Rajshahi today. Ibrahim Khalil, deputy commissioner (DC) of Rajshahi, will inaugurate the three-day-long fair on the premises of the Agricultural Extension Office. Brojo Hari Das, deputy director of Rajshahi Divisional Agriculture Extension Department, will be present at the inaugural session. Agricultural equipments, tree saplings, fruit …
Over 88 per cent of Mizoram's farmers still depend on traditional shifting cultivation (Jhumming), according to state Agriculture Minister H Rammawi. While 78,195 of total 89,195 Mizo farmers were engaged in jhumming cultivation, the rest 11,301 were engaged in wet rice cultivation, the Minister said in reply to a question, …
Ceylon Tobacco Co PLC's new Chairman, Jayampathi Divale Bandaranayake will amalgamate his responsibilities, fully conscious of the sensitivities and emotions associated with the tobacco trade. He succeeds Ken Balendra who steps down from the CTC Board after nine years as Director of which the last five years has been as …
Chief Minister Digambar Kamat has said that his government is committed for the welfare of needy and poor people and is giving a priority to the development of rural areas. He was speaking at the Youth Convention organised by the Sattari Yuva Morcha at Nanus-Valpoi on Sunday. Speaker Pratapsingh Rane, …
Heavy rains are wreaking havoc in north Telangana districts with standing crops getting damaged resulting in huge losses to the farmers. The initial crop losses were estimated at around Rs 50 crore in Warangal and the crops in an estimated area of 40,000 acre have got damaged. In almost all …
Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has said that the government would soon introduce a scheme to boost agriculture under which progressive farmers would be given prizes. Speaking at a kisan mela organised jointly by Dr .Y.S Pramar University, Solan, and the Agriculture and Horticulture Departments during the three-day Holi festival …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured the nation that though climate change is a global concern, measures under the soon-to-be-submitted National Action Plan will have area specific focus, including effect of global warming on agriculture. Responding to a query by Rajya Sabha member and noted scientist Dr M.S.Swaminathan, who asked …
The Rs 60,000-crore farm loan waiver package has come under the scanner of world bodies such as Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). The OECD is keen to examine if the package falls under the category of trade-distorting farm subsidies in …
The water shortage that threatens humanity will have wide-ranging consequences for agriculture and energy production, requiring significant shifts in the way this precious resource is managed. (editorial) 20 March 2008
A noted scientist has said that due to an unjust distribution of water, a very dangerous situation had developed in Sindh as the quality of water of Indus River was deteriorating with each passing day. University of Sindh's Natural Sciences faculty director Dr Mohammad Yar Khuhawar said that only 10 …
Water (either from the sky or the irrigation canal) is often a key factor in determining crop yields, squeezing more crop out of the same drop will be central to one of the biggest challenges of this century: sustainably feeding a population of perhaps 9 billion people in a climate-changed …
Four Ministers Quote Different Figures, But Govt Showcases It As Commitment To Farmers' Lot What is the anticipated fertilizer bill for 2008-09? Barely two weeks after the Budget was presented, you might think there would be a simple answer to this question. But, it turns out that there are at …
The farm loan waiver announced in the Union Budget is like a key crossroads from which major roads go out in different directions, each signifying opposite journeys and consequences. It is the biggest event of its kind, the fiscal payout of Rs 60,000 crore being virtually three times larger than …
Policies and conditions which prevent the establishment of the preconditions for agency and reasoned decision by all citizens exclude India's poor from substantive citizenship and treat them as less than human. India's agricultural condition poses fundamental challenges to its credibility as a democracy. A number of related themes have been …
