The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Delhi Government to make its laboratories fully-equipped for testing the presence of pesticide residues in samples of vegetables and fruits sold here

जीएम फसलों पर कृषि मंत्रालय ने सुप्रीम कोर्ट में दिया हलफनामा

Parts of M.P., Rajasthan hit by rain, hailstorm

The Centre will provide an assistance of Rs. 352 crore to farmers for replanting horticulture crops that were hit by untimely rain and hailstorm earlier this month in parts of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Rajasthan.

Nearly five dozen farmers in Maharashtra, MP have committed suicide this month over debt worries, say advocacy groups

Unseasonal rains and hailstorms this month have damaged the winter-sown crops of millions of Indian farmers, but Rekha Garole lost more than others.
Her 42-year-old husband Santuka killed himself this month after hail devastated the wheat and chickpea crops that they had been counting on to repay a bank loan of Rs 90,000.

Puts Congress-NCP alliance under embarassing situation ahead of Lok Sabha polls

About 23 farmers from the hailstorm and untimely rainfall hit villages in Maharashtra have so far committed suicides. Six each are from the underdeveloped Vidarbha region and Nashik in north Maharashtra, 10 from Aurangabad and one from Sangli.

The nod given to field trials of more than 200 genetically modified (GM) seeds by the Union Agriculture Ministry smacks of vested interests of the Congress-led government, claimed Bharatiya Janata

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Delhi Government and the Union Agriculture Ministry to launch an awareness campaign about the harmful effects of pesticide residue in fruits and veget

Thirty-five agricultural scientists, most of them associated with the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), on Tuesday mooted the continuation of field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops under their guidance, without a no-objection certificate (NoC) from the respective state governments.

“Agriculture is a state subject, and state agricultural universities and agriculture departments of respective states must involve themselves in field trials for GM crops without losing time.

Punjab, Rajasthan oppose state’s plea on using Hansi-Butana canal

Citing Centre’s alert on possible drought in 2014 due to the El Nino effect, Haryana today pleaded in the Supreme Court for using the 109-km Hansi-Butana canal by pumping water from the Bakhra Mainline (BML).

The Government will file an affidavit in the Supreme Court pleading that field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops be allowed, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said on Wednesday.