Drought fears will subside if the momentum generated is maintained in August

Debris cleanup work by Tokyo Electric Power Co. at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant may have led to the contamination of rice crops in nearby areas, agriculture ministry officials said Monday.

The central government is planning to turn India's eastern states into an organic farming-hub, Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh said here on Monday.

The Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna (RKVY) division of the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation under the Union Ministry of Agriculture has sanctioned the second instalment of Rs 14.5 crore for t

India’s new government will allow genetically modified (GM) crops into the country only if they are “very essential”, agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh said on Wednesday, his first day in offi

Irrigation project a la Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana soon.

The Delhi government had claimed that it did not have adequate laboratories and could currently test for only 28 varieties of pesticides.

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued draft regulations for food imports and may soon make it mandatory for importers of food and vegetables to produce test reports from authorised labs to ensure pesticide remains in fruits and vegetables were within prescribed limits.

The court said it will not go into the ‘politics’ behind government’s decision to either allow or restrict field trials.

New Delhi : Referring to the suggestions made by expert panels for indefinite moratorium on open field trials unless shortcomings in the regulatory process are addressed, the Supreme Court on Tuesd

The court said it will not go into the ‘politics’ behind government’s decision to either allow or restrict field trials.

The Supreme Court Tuesday expressed disinclination to issue an interim order on moratorium on field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops.
A bench led by Justice H L Dattu said it did not want to consider a plea for an interim restraint order at this stage and would prefer to rather hear the case at length and decide it once and for all.