A cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan here today endorsed the state's Industrial Promotion Policy-2010 and Action Plan. This policy will remain effective for five years with a view to sustaining the investment climate.

Increase reflective of tightening of farm labour markets.
Sugar mills in Maharashtra have agreed to a 23 per cent wage increase for cane harvesting labourers during the 2010-11 crushing season (October-September).

The entry of FDI-driven modern retail in rural areas will induce, not throttle, growth in the food basket of the country

THE government has initiated a timely and relevant debate on the desirability of allowing foreign investment in modern retail. But restricting the entry of FDI to cities with a population of over one million residents would be a bad idea.

Govt Says Dow Chemicals Arm Bribed Govt Officials To Push Three Pesticides Into Indian Market

THE Centre has blacklisted Dow AgroSciences India for five years for bribing government officials to expedite registration of three pesticides in the country.

The order to ban Dow AgroSciences, a subsidiary of US-based Dow Chemicals, from undertaking any commercial activity in India for a fi

The Bombay High Court at Goa will hear the M V River Princess case on Monday, after the government in an oral statement to the court, today said it modified the terms and conditions set before Salgaonkar Mining Industries Private Limited (SMIPL).
The division bench comprising of Justices D G Karnik and F M Reis was hearing the petition filed by River Princess Hatao Manch.
The State representati

Pune As Dow India conveyed its intention to return the 100-acre land in Shinde village allotted to it for a technology research and development project, residents of Shinde and Vasuli who have been agitating against the project for three years heaved a sigh of relief.

On Wednesday, the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) submitted an affividavit before the Bombay High Court re

The meeting of agriculture ministers constituted by the Central Government discussed in detail about ways and means for improvement in agriculture marketing sysem. Agriculture Minister of Maharashtra Shri Harshwardhan Patil chaired the meeting here today.

Increased private investment, adoption of new and appropriate technologies and effectively addressing the delivery deficit hold the key to significant growth in agriculture, says T Nanda Kumar

THE prime minister, in his Independence Day address said:

Narayanappa Maranna, 40, owns five acres of farm land in Mallenamadagu village on the Andhra Pradesh-Karnataka border, about 155 km away from Bangalore. Till 2006, Maranna was cultivating groundnut, paddy and ragi (finger millets).