Department of Agriculture & Cooperation

The Department of Agriculture and Cooperation is committed to the welfare and economic upliftment of the farming community in general. The Department formulates and implements National Policies and Programmes for achieving rapid growth and development through optimum utilization of country's land, water, soil and plant resources.

Address:

224

Postal code:

110 001

Phone:

91-11-23070306

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Department of Agriculture & Cooperation

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Agricultural Research, Plant Breeding, Farmers, Ministry Of Agriculture

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Agriculture

Question raised in Lok Sabha on kharif crop damage due to excessive rain, 03/03/2020

Question raised in Lok Sabha on kharif crop damage due to excessive rain, 03/03/2020. The State Government of Madhya Pradesh has reported crop loss of 60.47 lakh hectares due to excessive rains during 2019-20. The Memorandum in this regard was received by the Union Government on 01.10.2019.

Publication Date:

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Source: Lok Sabha

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Lok Sabha, India, Crops, Rainfall, Ministry Of Agriculture, Madhya Pradesh

Agriculture

Draft Order: Prohibition of Tricyclazole and Buprofezin in India

According to the Notification of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare on the 31st January, 2020 in New Delhi. Whereas the Central Government, in pursuance of the orders of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in its judgment in the case of Writ Petition No.

Publication Date:

31/01/2020

Source: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

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India, Agriclture, Insecticide, Ministry Of Agriculture

Agriculture

Soil Health Card scheme of Central Govt: A success story

The Soil Health Card scheme launched by the Modi Government during the financial year 2014-15 with a view to address the decline of soil nutrients, has started reaping fruit. In the second phase of the scheme 11.69 crore Soil Health Cards have been distributed to farmers in the last two years. A study conducted by the National Productivity Council (NPC) says the application of Soil Health Card recommendations has led to a decline of 8-10% in use of chemical fertilizers and also raised productivity by 5-6%.

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Agriculture, Soil Resources, Ministry Of Agriculture, Soil Capability, Farmers

Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding crop residue burning, 01/10/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ganga Lalwani Vs Union of India & Others dated 01/10/2019 regarding remedial action to prevent burning of crop residue resulting in air pollution particularly in the NCR Region. For the last six years, the matter has been a subject matter of consideration before the Tribunal and according to certain statistics, 25-30% air pollution in NCR is caused by burning of crop residue in and around Delhi in October and November every year.

Judgement Date:

01/10/2019

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