Of the 12,619 Gram Panchayats in Tamil Nadu, one third or nearly 4,200 panchayats are headed by women following the 73rd amendment to the Constitution which stipulates that one thirds of all panchayat presidents in a state should be women

the seeds of a novel programme to reduce the rice-wheat predominance in Punjab's cropping pattern have been planted. The state recently launched a multi-crop, multi-year contract farming programme.

Cost effective and easy way to test aflatoxin contamination evolved

Tamil Nadu becomes the first state to punish polluting petrol stations