Promotion of organic farming in Jammu region
JAMMU: To promote organic farming in Jammu province, Minister for Agriculture, Ghulam Hassan Mir on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with three reputed companies of the country to help the local cultivators of various crops to switch over to this mode of farming.

BANKURA, 29 NOV: The sale of chemical fertiliser in the black market has had an adverse effect on common farmers in various blocks of Bankura.

Members of the Tamizhaga Vivasayigal Sangam observed a fast at Somarasampettai near Tiruchi on Tuesday condemning the hike in prices of fertilizers and demanding a roll back of the same.

Concerned over the doubling of fertiliser prices within a year, chemicals and fertilisers minister MK Alagiri on Sunday said the ministry will examine the current policy on nutrient-based subsidy a

New Delhi: To encourage the agriculture sector in the capital, Delhi cabinet has decided to waive off the value added tax on fertilizers.

Farmers were facing difficulties due to high tax rate
The Delhi Cabinet on Tuesday decided to waive Value Added Tax on fertilisers in order to provide some relief to the farmers.

Following a Cabinet meeting, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said her government had received representations from farmers calling for relief on VAT being levied on fertilisers. It was stated that farmers were facing difficulties due to the high tax rate on the same.