The government has decided to contest the recent order of the Delhi High Court which made vegetarian/non-veg labelling mandatory for medicines by filing a special leave petition (SLP) in the Supreme
Latest estimate of agricultural subsidy given by OECD countries during 2001 was $311 billion (India's total GDP at factor cost was $431 billion in 2001-02) representing 1.3% of GDP of the OECD area.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a grant of US $ 3.8 million for regional technical assistance (RETA) to fund cutting-edge agricultural research to promote watershed management and
One in six Australian farms suffers from salinity with 800,000 hectares of land laid waste by the problem, a new survey has found. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), in a survey of the
Realising the significance of agriculture for economic development of the country, India Inc seems to have decided to focus and come to the aid of the farm sector. Farmers needed guidance to adopt
A meeting of the Group of ministers entrusted with the responsibility of suggesting the new 'modern integrated' Food Law, will be held shortly to thrash out a draft bill aimed at bringing higher
The resolution passed by Ekta Parishad at the end of a two day national workshop on land rights, which prominently seeks redistribution of land to the landless rural poor, obviously backs the Madhya
Imagine a land where milk is considered a luxury. By that standard, ice creams would probably rate above luxury. That's because India's smallest Union Territory Lakshadweep there is a scarcity of
Oxford Immunotec Limited, a spin off company of University of Oxford, has developed a revolutionary new test for identifying people suffering from Tuberculosis, one of the deadliest social diseases
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a technical assistance (TA) grant of $ 0.68 million to Pakistan for enhancing the capacity for resource management and poverty reduction in Punjab. The
The NDA Government at the Centre could have trouble on its hands with TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu sulking. The latest fracas is due to the delay on behalf of Finance Ministry in giving a
In an effort to ensure speedy development of infrastructure in the northeast, the department for development of northeastern region has issued new guidelines to liberalise fund flows to projects in
Two developments don't augur well for the future of Doha's development agenda. Developing countries have so far been arguing that the promised market access liberalisation from the Uruguary Round
Environmental and labor groups from the U.S. and Canada have teamed up in a lawsuit challenging the continued U.S. use of wood preservatives containing arsenic and other harmful substances. The
The Bush administration said it would accelerate projects designed to thin the nation's forests in the absence of congressional action to reduce the risk of wildfires. About 7.1 million acres of
The government bid to auction tens of thousands of trees planted on the encroached land of the famous Anchar Lake, Srinagar, was almost aborted today after the locals posed a strong resistance.
The nightmare of eviction haunting the poor farmers of the coastal and Malnad regions, Mangalore, has entered the portals of the Vidhan Parishat. Senior Congress Leader and Rajya Sabha member
The Madhya Pradesh government is taking forest land from the tribals and distributing to the industrialists. With this announcement by the government, the tribals are heading towards agitation. In
The government decided to constitute a National Forest Commission which will review adequacy of the existing policies and institutional framework associated with forests and wildlife. Union
Officially speaking, tapping electricity directly from supply-lines and using generators to light up trees is prohibited. Officially speaking, pasting posters and screwing hoardings onto trees
