Dumka, Jan. 19: The state government will help farmers who have taken the initiative to help themselves. The Dumka district administration has decided to reimburse fuel costs of all farmers who had either bought or borrowed pump sets to irrigate their parched paddy fields in the wake of the drought-like situation in the state.
PSERC says it will take this step if subsidy is not paid to PSEB Jangveer Singh Tribune News Service Chandigarh, January 28
Mumbai: Finally, chief minister Ashok Chavan has something to showcase. The state government has given approval to start work on the world
LUCKNOW: The Dussehri belt of Malihabad was in the grip of a power cut that stretched for over 28 hours. The power cut, which occurred due to a "serious fault" in the grid supply to Malihabad, occurred at 12.00pm on Thursday.
The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr K. Rosaiah, has decided to take up the issue of fuel allocation with the Centre and the Union Petroleum Ministry for the proposed power project in the IFFCO Kisan Special Economic Zone (SEZ) coming up in the Nellore district of the State.
S Sujatha NAMAKKAL POULTRY farmers are betting on the advantages of the automated environmentally-controlled (EC) sheds as they suffer from manpower shortage, extreme climatic conditions and mounting feed costs. But many of them are worried about the high electricity costs as the sheds require uninterrupted power supply.
OIL SECTOR REFORM WITHOUT FREEING UP OF DIESEL & LPG IS A KILLER M C GOVARDHANA RANGAN
RICH DIVIDENDS FOR OMCs, NO REAL BENEFIT FOR CONSUMERS & FARMERS ONE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION TO ASK over ethanol pricing even as a panel chaired by Planning Commission member Saumitra Chaudhuri examines a
FARMERS in drought-hit districts will get diesel subsidy of 500 per hectare, even as the Centre awaits bumper crop production for most key kharif crops including paddy, cotton, pulses, and sugarcane. A good monsoon and prospects of a good kharif and rabi should have a sobering effect on food prices, still in excess of 15%.
Sept. 17: The Centre today announced a diesel subsidy of up to Rs 500 per hectare to farmers in drought-hit Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand to help them irrigate their fields.
The food crisis at the end of the last decade and the resulting food riots that occurred in cities all over the world exposed the vulnerability and fragility of the current global food system and highlighted the increasing problem of urban food security. Urban households were among the hardest hit by the food and economic crises as they saw their purchasing power decline drastically.
RAIPUR, 7 MARCH: Blame it on a flawed policy, India is set to shed about 40,000 acres of its prime double-crop agriculture land to dozens of upcoming power projects in a district that is billed having the country
MUMBAI: In an apparent play of votebank politics, the Congress-led Democratic Front government on Wednesday doled out generous sops to farmers in its 2011-12 budget in the form of loan waivers and subsidies. Farmers across Maharashtra owe Rs 5,900 crore in electricity bills along with interest and late fees.
If farmers think they have a tough time producing enough rice, wheat and other grain crops, global warming is going to present a whole new world of challenges in the race to produce more food, scientists say. In a warmer world beset by greater extremes of droughts and floods, farmers will have to change crop management practices, grow tougher plant varieties and be prepared for constant change in the way they operate, scientists say.
In the course of a visit to about 25 villages located in four districts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh, the author came across several examples of village communities coming together to fight pollution and displacement. In some cases a leading role has been played by elected village pradhans.
The study was under taken with an objective to assess the impact of self-developed Environmental information empowerment package (EIEP) on environment protection through gain in knowledge of farm families. The present study was conducted in rural areas of Rajasthan. A sample of a mixed group of 30 willing farm men and women were identified data was collected by the self-developed questionnaire.
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Consumer-connect, sustainable strategies and adopting new technologies can salvage the sector from its faceless existence INSTITUTIONS make choices at forks on their journey and embark on distinctive trajectories. The choice made is influenced by its culture and mindset.
a union of Belgian farmers has expres sed happiness at the "purple-green' coalition decision to assist farmers who had suffered as a result of their food being contaminated by the
Vegetable farming is an important income generating activity in parts of rural Nepal. However, vegetable farming is pesticide intensive and pesticide exposure is beginning to emerge as a problem. A SANDEE study examines the impacts of pesticide use on vegetable farmers in the mid-hills area of Nepal, some 40km
