Thiruvananthapuram: The state government has been trying hard to push the declining paddy cultivation by allocating huge funds and proposing innovative projects in the last two budgets, but these i
Gangtok, Feb 25: Greener, bigger, fresher and more wholesome than elsewhere in the country – that’s how vegetables appear here, in the manicured Saramsa Gardens, the venue of the Sikkim Internation
NEW DELHI: A law that was meant to reverse fragmentation of agricultural land, appears to have been rampantly abused in Haryana to allow influential private players get possession of hilly and non-
Dharamsala, December 2: The canalisation of the Swan in Una district has helped in reclaiming thousands of acres of agriculture land, but has also threatened many natural wetlands.
Taking stock of the oil spill in Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu where a leak from an abandoned ONGC pipeline affected a large area of under-cultivation farmland, Union Environment Minister Jay
A nuclear power plant coming up in Haryana, India, conducts a public hearing without making the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report public. The controversial plant is being constructed by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) on fertile agricultural land.
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) Project has released a guidebook titled “Technologies for Climate Change Mitigation: Agriculture Sector.” The guidebook describes crop and livestock management technologies and practices that contribute to climate change mitigation while improving crop productivity and reducin
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development, headed by BJP leader Sumitra Mahajan, on Thursday tabled its report on the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011 (L
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday assured South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on the implementation of the $12-billion Posco steel project in Odisha.
