BANGALORE: A petition has been filed in the special Lokayukta court against the chairman and senior environmental officer of Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) for allegedly granting p

More than six months after the Rangarajan panel recommended deregulating the R80,000-crore sugar sector, at least one state has initiated reforms in cane pricing.

This report aims to provide a macro level overview of water-related risks to and from Indian businesses, their response mechanisms and the opportunity for businesses to embark on a water stewardship journey.

Ethiopia plans to sign agreements with some of the textile associations here to attract investments and expertise from the Indian textile industry.

Sisay Gemechu Edo, State Minister in Ethiopia’s Ministry of Industry held a meeting with members of the Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) here on Wednesday. He also visited the vendor development programme organised by Coimbatore District Small Industries’ Association and the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Institute.

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and the European Union (EU) are jointly working on an integrated bio-treated waste water project -- Water4Crops-India - to improve agricultural production and farmers' livelihood in India and the EU.

“Under the initiative, EU and India will share technologies and expertise for recycling of industrial and domestic waste water for agricultural use to improve the livelihood of the rural poor particularly those in the country’s dryland areas,” Antonio Lopez, director of CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique), EU consortium, said addressing media here.

The Bombay High Court on Friday asked the Maharashtra government and others to file a response to a petition opposing construction of a sugar factory in Aashti village of Solapur district on the grounds that it would damage ecology and pollute environment.

The petition filed by Aashti Grampanchayat alleges that the factory was being set up in violation of rules by Audumberraoji Patil Sakhar Karkhana, whose President is wife of Maharashtra Minister Harshvardhan Patil.

Tightening a noose around those violating norms, a team of the Punjab Pollution Control Board raided the premises of a Mukerian-based sugar mill and found the unit allegedly discharging contaminate

The Rs.80,000-crore sugar industry, hamstrung by a complex web of state controls, has seen a new ray of hope in last week’s government decision to direct oil firms to pay market price for ethanol p

PUNE: Farmers' agitation over cane price has intensified in top sugar producer Maharashtra with the state government refusing to intervene and the sugar mills announcing first advance of cane payme

Farmers demand . 3,000/tonne as first installment of cane price – double the state’s FRP
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