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 …
Rice-wheat is a major crop rotation in the Indo-Gangetic region. Tillage is one of the major crop production operations and is an important contributor to the total cost of production. It is a common observation that direct tilling of any crop into combine-harvested rice stubbles from a reasonable rice yield …
This study has been undertaken to assess the development patterns of agriculture sector in Punjab and the identification of the constraints operating in the agricultural sector dealing with land, labour, irrigation, credit etc.
This study investigates the impact of climate change on glaciers and glacial lakes in two major glacial hotspots in the Himalayas: the Dudh Koshi sub-basin in the Khumbu-Everest region in Nepal, and the Pho Chu sub-basin in Bhutan. The focus was on changes in the number and size of glacial …
Tractors in India are out of reach for the majority of farmers. The cheapest tractor costs Rs 1.8 lakh, almost as much as a new car. But while a car is a luxury, a tractor is not: it’s becoming an imperative as the demand for food grains increases. Barely two …
Tractors came to India in the 1960s, imported from the US and European countries, mainly the erstwhile Soviet Union. But these countries had large land holdings; most tractors made there were of medium to high horsepower. In a country where landholdings were not so large, such tractors came to be …
Small and marginal farmers constitute about 80 per cent of India's farming community. It would be logical to think that any government policies aimed at the country's farmers would, first and foremost, benefit them. But reality does not bear this out; rather it shows that these farmers remain the most …
On November 4, the un General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favour of ending the us-imposed embargo against Cuba. The Mexican representative was the first to speak in favor of the anti-blockade resolution. So did Morocco, on behalf of the Group of 77 plus China; and Malaysia, which presides over the …
in a move that smacks of collusive manoeuvring by policymakers and the industry, diesel engine-driven agricultural pump sets have been exemp ted from the air emission standards notified by the Union ministry of environment and forests (mef) in May 2002. Known as the Environment (Protection) Second Amendment Rules, 2002, the …
A seeder, which can simultaneous sow and provide manure to the crops, has been developed. The machine, put together by the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, has two ground wheels, two skids and a swinging type handle. With the help of three people 0.5 to 0.75 ha of land can be …
A self-propelled paddy transplanter has been developed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi. The machine uses mat-type seedlings for transplanting eight rows at a time. Gyanendra Singh, director of ICAR's Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal, claims the transplanter can work equivalent to 40 workers. Manual …
Developed as an alternative to manual harvesting in small plots, the stripper-gatherer (sg) is a boon to farmers, particularly in Asia. Designed at the International Rice Research Institute in Philippines, it can harvest, thresh and clean about four tonnes of grain a day. Its simple stripper rotor, the teeth of …
unmanned helicopters and farm-harvesters will be the first automated vehicles to roll out from a new research centre in the us, which is trying to sell National Aeronautics and Space Administration's ( nasa ) technology to industries. nasa has given us $2.5 million to Carnegie Mellon University (cmu), Pennsylvania, to …
sugarcane farmers can look forward to the recently developed tractor-drawn sugarcane cutter-planter which has been designed to simplify the cane planting process. Developed at the Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research ( iisr ), Lucknow, the two-row, tractor-drawn sugarcane cutter-planter is capable of performing seven operations, involved in cane planting, at …
agriculture can be a highly disease and accident-prone proposition. A large number of acute and traumatic injuries and deaths are caused by accidents involving farm machinery. Farm equipment also impart chronic injuries upon workers which include noise-induced hearing loss and vibration associated ailments of the back. Agrichemicals pose a risk …
Now crops can be dried even during the night with the help of a solar dryer that can store heat in a special rock bed unit. The solar dryer consists of a solar collector, a rock bed heat storage unit, a drying chamber and a chimney. Part of the heat …
In Thailand -where most of the paddy and corn produced is exported- drying is an essential agricultural activity. There is 18-25 per cent moisture in the crops at the time of harvesting, which has to be reduced to 14 per cent to prevent spoilage. During rainy or cloudy days, slow …
As a substitute for a pair of bullocks, a farm implement called Mech Bull has been developed for small farmers who cannot afford tractors and power tillers. Sponsored by Vigyan Ashram in Pabal village in Pune, Mech Bull is a multipurpose farm implement that carries out various agricultural operations such …
SCIENTISTS at the Zonal Research Centre at the College of Agricultural Engineering (CAE) in Coi-mbatore have developed a motorised machine for weed extraction in fields and orchards. The device claims to bring down the cost of weeding a hectare of cultivated land by 70 per cent from Rs 2,200 for …
GROWING sugar cane is a tedious affair. It takes a back-breaking 3 days to plough, furrow, plant, apply fertilisers and pesticides and cover the furrows in 1 ha. And because the furrows and planted stalk cuttings, also known as cane sets, are left exposed to the elements, they lose moisture, …
