However, Science Ministry Says Bt Brinjal Safe For All

New Delhi: At a time when the proposed open field trials of Bt brinjal are drawing loud protests, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to detail the steps it has put in place to protect India

Pune A group of organic farmers from across the state has proposed that the state government should consider offering a bachelor

Pune The Agriculture Ministry might be finding it tough to control the rising sugar prices or for that matter to meet the demands of sugarcane farmers across the country, but nature seems to have answers to both these issues.

As widespread protests grow across the country against the Union Government

GUAVA, called the poor man

Bengal

Bank conceives a loan component for vermicomposting

NAGAPATTINAM: The Indian Overseas Bank has conceived a loan component for vermicomposting to provide for sustainable agriculture at the tail-end areas.

The scheme envisages a loan component of upto Rs.5 lakh towards project cost.

The first public interaction on commercialisation of Bt brinjal, held here on Wednesday, saw loud protests and agitations as Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh interacted with scientists, farmers and various rights organisations.

A day before Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is scheduled to start a month-long national consultation process, spread across seven cities, to firm up a decision on whether to allow commercial cultivation of Bt Brinjal in India, environmentalists have called for a moratorium on the cultivation and a