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
