Shakti Pumps (India) announced that the Government of India has announced a mega scheme namely Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Uttham Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) with an objective to scale up use of
An enterprising farmer from Rajasthan will be honoured by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for developing new high-yielding varieties of chilly and coriander. The Council has also
The environment and forests ministry has decided to seek more time from the Ahmedabad High Court for deciding the issue of giving environment and forests clearance to the Sanghi Industries' captive
The issue of shifting 97,000 industrial units in Delhi, as directed by the Supreme Court, remains unresolved. The Delhi government has demanded more money from the industrial units before allocating
Hundreds of handloom dyeing units in the Coimbatore-Salem belt in Tamil Nadu will have to remain closed till the conditions set by the Supreme Court and the Madras High Court are met by them.The
Tea planters in Darjeeling in West Bengal have launched a campaign to protect "Darjeeling" branded tea from alleged foreign imitation, trade officials said. The Darjeeling Tea Planters Assocation
Several state pollution control boards(SPCBs) have asked the Union environment and forests ministry for powers to fine polluting industries. They have pleaded that their current powers to prosecute
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has started issuing internationally accepted quality products in tune with the norms laid down by the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The move is expected to
The use of pumpsets in the agriculture sector has touched alarming proportions with 20 per cent of the total power generated - 15,000-16,000 mw-in the country being diverted to this
The World Bank has decided to take up a comprehensive study of the impact of air pollution on the human health in Indian cities. The first such study is proposed to be done in Delhi in cooperation
The procedural bottlenecks coming in the way of speedy environmental clearances to industrial projects on account of the restrictive provisions of the Forest conservation Act of 1980 are proposed to
