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 …
L-R: Typical forest full of natural resources (Tangabati, Chittagong). Tribal people collect natural water without any contamination just at the base of hills; w(Mirersharai, Chittagong). In analysis of ecological studies, it is found that human activities are altering ecosystem on four basic point: by (a) selectively destroying species; (b) importing …
Flour crisis has intensified in Dadu and Jamshoro districts due to shortage of wheat as food officials reportedly shifted 11,000 wheat bags to Karachi and Hyderabad. Wheat is cultivated in some parts of Johi Taluka but food officials neither showed procurement nor provided bardana to abadgars. The flour and chakkis …
Loan-waiver or one-time settlement for the farm sector is not something new or a unique step taken for the farm sector in this year's Central budget. India is known for going soft on defaulters in other sectors too. There is precedence of one-time settlement (OTS) for small industries and even …
In an attempt to face a possible food scarcity in the country next year, Cabinet has decided to set up a Presidential Task Force to promote local foods. Agriculture Minister Maithripala Sirisena said it is speculated that there will be scarcity of food supply in the country by next year …
Government Epidemiologists yesterday warned the public who developed symptoms of Leptospirosis (Rat Fever) to immediately consult the MOH or the PHI in the area to get the prophylaxis (injection) as a safeguard against the killer disease. Health Ministry's Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Nihal Abeysingha told the media yesterday that Leptospirosis had …
MARCH, in India, is the month that glorifies growth. The trumpet is blown by the Finance Minister on the last day in February. Whatever else has happened or has not happened in the country, its economy has grown at a rate soon to reach two digits that few other countries …
FARMERS in the Barind area are now using fallow land to cultivate chickpea. The high Barind land used to remain fallow after aman harvest. According to farmers and officials concerned, around one lakh hectares of land would always remain fallow in the region, which are being brought under chickpea cultivation. …
Thursday was Congress member Rahul Gandhi's day in Parliament. After being at the centre of a row for much of zero hour in the Lok Sabha, he provided the headlines, seeking flexibility in the norms for farm loan waiver announced in the budget and raising expectations of a favourable decision …
Environment experts at a workshop in the city yesterday underlined the need for formulating a specific policy to manage industrial hazardous waste properly for ensuring sustainable and environment-friendly development. A specific waste management policy is needed as fast economic activities associated with industry, agriculture, health and other services generate chemical …
Fish production both in inland and marine will have to be increased by carrying out research as fish is one of the main sources of protein in the country, said agriculture adviser CS Karim on Wednesday.
For the past three decades, more investment has been made for crop technology than for building infrastructure to store and market food products. The recent loan waiver for indebted farmers
Pakistan water storage capacity that currently stands at merely nine per cent of average annual flows would further go down by 12 per cent over the next decade. Deputy Chairman Planning Commission, Dr Akram Sheikh while speaking at the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Pakistan Institute of Development Economics said that …
Innovative farming: Mr. Choudhary of Vaishali district in Bihar with the harvested produce. There are two ways in agriculture for a farmer to earn money. One is by growing and selling the harvested crop, second is to go in for some value added products. Farmers are encouraged by scientists to …
The Bharatiya Janata Party has planned a number of farmers' rallies across the country over the next few months to counter any political advantage the Congress may get as a result of the budget announcement on debt relief. The first big rally will take place in Jind, Haryana, on March …
Authorisation sought for additional expenditure of Rs. 1,40,378.91 crore The government on Wednesday initiated the first step towards providing for the Rs. 60,000-crore farm loan waiver scheme, setting apart Rs. 10,000 crore from the supplementary demands for grants for setting up a debt relief fund for farmers. The relief fund, …
A lot has been said and written on the state of agriculture in India and if the recently-announced largesse of Rs 60,000 crore in the form of farm loan waivers can do anything significant to mitigate the plight of the Indian farmer. In this context, it may not be out …
Parliament's approval for additional net cash spending of Rs 43,060 crore sought. The government today sought Parliament's approval for additional net cash spending of nearly Rs 43,060 crore for 2007-08. This includes Rs 10,000 crore for creating a Farmers Debt Relief Fund for waiving the debt of small farmers. The …
The farm loan waiver announced by the Central government has come as a boon to the District Central Cooperative Bank (DCCB), which is facing financial problems with bad debts amounting to Rs 200 crore. The DCCB is expected to get Rs 140 crore from the Central government under the farm …
Denitrifying bacteria and hungry plants do sterling work in disposing of the nitrates that we pump into rivers and streams. But as the excess influx goes up and up, the efficiency of removal goes down and down.