`Its introduction without consulting the fishermen and other stakeholders would have adverse implications'
CHIEF Minister M Karunanidhi requested Union Minister of Agriculture Sharad Pawar to initiate a wider dialogue with the fishermen and other stakeholders for bringing in the Marine Fisheries (Regulation and Management) Bill, 2009, which was inclusive and progressive.

More than one-fifth of Indians are still undernourished in terms of simple energy and protein intake, despite an increase in per capita availability of food commodities, Union Minister for Agriculture Sharad Pawar said here on Friday.

BHOPAL: A Day after Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar indicated that there was little likelihood of prices coming down, the Madhya Pradesh government on Thursday announced that it would sell cheap foodgrain in urban areas. Elections to municipal corporations and other urban bodies are due and the notification will be announced in the next few days.

The impact of drought on agricultural output this kharif season is expected to weigh down the shoots of economic recovery with the first advance estimate projecting an 18 per cent dip in the kharif crop this year as compared to last year with cotton being the sole

THE agriculture ministry plans to allow private players to import and supply urea, as it looks to bring down the fertiliser subsidy bill that has touched Rs 1,00,000 crore in 2008-09.

SOLAPUR: In the State

It has become an annual confluence of ideas and ideology, a high-powered forum where Union ministers, chief ministers and those in charge of key ministries in strategic states meet to debate the hot-button issues of the day as well as discover the true state of their states.

India has called for an international vessel monitoring system to prevent illegal fishing by big nations in the territorial waters of other countries, said Minister of State for Agriculture K.V. Thomas here today.

THE agriculture ministry has okayed Monsanto India

There's an old joke that goes: "Inflation is when you pay Rs 50 for the Rs 20 haircut you used to get for Rs 5 when you actually had hair." With the sharp spike in prices of essential foodstuff, it's no laughing matter.