MUMBAI: Two days after Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi assured assistance to villagers of drought-hit Satara, the Centre on Monday 'favourably' recommended a Rs 1,110 crore relief package f

When Dr N H Ravindranath, a senior scientist from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, addressed Himachal Pradesh’s top bureaucrats and policy makers here a couple of years ago, his warnings

LUCKNOW: The Central Institute of Subtropical Horticulture (CISH) in Rahmankhera, Malihabad will be back to its old, usual routine where people can work without fear of a tiger attack looming over

The Government has launched an integrated centre which will provide estimates of crop output and assess the drought situation in the country through latest technologies.

The Arunachal Pradesh government has recommended setting up of a climate change cell under the department of environment and forest for coordination among various departments for climate change int

Chief Minister meets Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar in New Delhi The Odisha government on Wednesday urged the Centre to take effective measures to realise the unsaturated agricultural potential of the State and to make the second green revolution a success in the eastern region of the country.

The demands of the State with regard to agriculture were taken up before Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in New Delhi.

With an aim to improve the financial condition of farmers the State Government has formed Farmers’ Commission, headed by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav that would formulate pro-farmer policies.

The 300-odd small farmers, belonging to Thummanatti vegetable growing cluster in the Nilgiris, are an aggrieved lot.

Growers question efficacy of anti-hail guns.