The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY), which the NDA government showcases as the shield against all risks faced by farmers, has failed to be universal because there is a need for a comprehensive
The theme of World Wetlands Day this year is ‘Wetlands for our Future – Sustainable Livelihoods’. The Union government has begun revising the existing regulatory framework on wetlands across the country
Consumer Affairs and Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Thursday that by April the National Food Security Act (NFSA) was likely to cover all States and Union Territories. After one year of NFSA coming
Hundreds of landless farmers, agricultural workers and labourers from across 20 States assembled at Jantar Mantar here on Tuesday under a joint platform ‘Bhumi Adhikar Andolan’ (Land Rights Movement) and
We have forgotten the art of drainage. We only see land for buildings, not for water’. Chennai is perhaps experiencing the worst impact of freak weather, but the city could have fared better had it
Rabi season sees crop damage on 18 m hectares due to unseasonal rain, hail Farmers in India are facing the impact of extreme weather conditions with 2015 being the third consecutive year in which standing
willow trees are drying up in the Lahaul valley of Himachal Pradesh. The Himalayan Forest Research Institute (hfri), Shimla, says that in the past decade more than 3,000 trees have died from aphid
THE Himachal Pradesh government's attitude towards implementing the Catchment Area Treatment (cat) plan has been described as sluggish by environmentalists. The state government has also been accused
the wildlife department of Himachal Pradesh is now in a muddle. Its pheasant-breeding programme lacks experts. The Rs 5-crore Sarahan pheasantry, which saw the world's first-ever successful captive
