There are multiple initiatives of the Government of India such as the Animal Husbandry Startup Grand Challenge launched by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairy in partnership with the Startup India programme, Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana, National e-Governance Plan in Agriculture (NeGPA), etc. which aim to encourage entrepreneurship in …
COIMBATORE: To encourage commercial floriculture, Vice-Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University P. Murugesa Boopathi has urged scientists to create model green houses, with total environmental control, for displaying commercial flower crops. Addressing scientists at a two-day research workshop on horticulture at the university, he said scientists had to identify entrepreneurs …
New Delhi: Lafarge, the French cement giant, has landed in trouble again with green clearances, this time for a project in Himachal Pradesh. The French company intends to set up a 3-millionton-per-annum cement and 2-million-tonner-per-annum clinker plant along with a captive limestone mine of 3 million tonne per annum in …
The High Court has directed the Government to file a counter affidavit, within 10 days, on the criteria for selecting beneficiaries of the 'Suvarna Bhoomi Yojane.' A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice K S Khehar and K G Ramesh on Thursday pulled up the Government for
North-western Himalayan region with its wide range of altitudes, topography and climatic conditions, is a rich repository of medicinal wealth, which occupies an important place in Vedic treatise. More than 800 no. valuable medicinal species found in this part of India is extensively used by the locals since time immemorial …
Agriculture Minister K.A. Sengottaiyan inaugurates flower show Udhagamandalam: Earning the distinction of being the first official event of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) government which assumed charge recently, the three-day annual flower show got underway at the Government Botanical Garden (GBG) here on Friday. Inaugurating the show, …
For more than six months a year, vast swathes of land in the rain-dependent rice belts of Jharkhand remained barren, forcing farmers to migrate to other cities in search of livelihoods. The trend has reversed at least in one place, in the Maoist-infested Bishunpur block in Gumla district
VELLORE: The Organic Farming Organisation, Vellore, has appealed to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to ban the use of endosulfan, a harmful pesticide, in Tamil Nadu. In a memorandum to the Chief Minister, president of the organisation G.S. Purushothaman said the pesticide had been banned in more than 80 countries …
Ranchi, May 16: The king of fruits has finally conquered Lohardaga, Latehar, Gumla and West Singhbhum. For the first time this year, mango trees planted by the state government under National Horticulture Mission (NHM) have borne a large number of fruits, promising a bumper crop. Most of the 4,000 beneficiaries …
PANJIM, Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) is charting out a plan to increase the domestic production of rice from four tons per ha to six tons per hectare through high yielding varieties. Chairman of the Research Advisory Committee, ICAR Goa, Kirti Singh said that the current production of rice …
THENI: Stocking, sale and use of Endosalfan has been completely banned in the district following a decree from the Supreme Court. Action will be taken against those engaging in stocking, sale and use of this pesticide, according to agriculture officials here on Monday. Periodical checks and surprise raids will be …
Factors such as low fertiliser use, acidic soil, huge soil loss because of lack of water absorption capacity, monoculture and continuance with traditional paddy cultivation in jhums through shifting cultivation are putting hurdles in the growth of agriculture in the northeastern states, country
Farmers and pesticide bodies today said the Supreme Court order banning the production, sale and use of Endosulfan ahead of the coming kharif season would harm the interests of growers, particularly those with small holdings, and hoped the ban does not continue for long. Reacting to the apex court's order …
Water management: Horticulture and Forest depts to be merged The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike has decided to set aside at least 20 per cent of the ward-level funds for rain water harvesting (RWH) across the City. Following a review meeting with the Horticulture and Lake Departments, Deputy Mayor S Harish …
JAIPUR: A sewerage treatment plant (STP) at Ram Niwas Bagh with the capacity to provide 10 million litres (MLD) of reusable water to the city was inaugurated by the chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday. The project cost of the STP is around Rs 1.33 crore and it is constructed …
- State horticulture mission invites private players to set up hybrid farm in Namkum Stunning orchids will pave the floral way to lucrative livelihoods in Jharkhand if plans mooted by Jharkhand State Horticulture Mission (JSHM) succeed in the near future. The JSHM, set up under the mandate of National Horticulture …
Exceeds last fiscal by 1,000 crore; State gets 600 crore as Central assistance The Planning Commission on Thursday approved a Rs.7,800-crore Annual Plan outlay for Uttarakhand for 2011-12, which is Rs.1,000 crore more than the last fiscal. The Himalayan State will also get an additional Rs.600 crore Central assistance. The …
Firm alleges officials colluded with rival company Hospet, Boundaries marked by the revenue department were found missing when officials of the Survey of India came here for a survey of the iron ore mines as per the High Court order, S C Partha of the Survey of India has said. …
