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Weak monsoon leads to reduction in Kharif area by 80 lakh hectares; big drop in pulses and oilseeds causes inflation fears
As per the latest data released by the Ministry of Agriculture on July 16, the area...
Swadeshi Jagran Manch suggests comprehensive reforms for Pesticide Management Bill 2020
Swadeshi Jagran Manch says that the country needs a better and more comprehensive...
1.5 million power employees to strike on Aug 10 against Bill
Nearly 1.5 million public sector power employees across India will resort to a day’s...
Blending to push ethanol output by 35 per cent to 4.5 billion litres
The target of 10 per cent blending in fossil fuel is likely to push domestic ethanol...
Jewar airport likely to get required land by end July
With the 2022 UP assembly elections barely seven months away, the state government...
Desi start-up for blue-collar workers ‘hits’ Nasdaq Tower
Incubated by IIT Kanpur’s Start-up Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC), WUS...
Need for resilient agriculture to tackle the uncertainties of the future
Several rural resources are being affected due to unforeseen circumstances and some...
Electricity Act amendment will hamper the revival of the domestic economy
The public sector power engineers have warned that the proposed amendment to the...
PIL in Allahabad High Court on sugarcane arrears; state to reply in four weeks
A PIL regarding the issue of non-payment of money to sugarcane farmers and revision...
Break in monsoon activity burdensome on farmers; IMD ignored negative IOD in its forecast
Owing to a break in the monsoon activity, there has been 11.3 per cent less rainfall...
Milk prices go up by Rs 2 per litre; increasing costs for the dairy and the farmers the main reason
Amul has decided to revise the milk prices by Rs 2 per litre. The prices of all...
DR R S Paroda gives reasoning for fixing MSP at C2 cost plus 50 per cent
Dr. R.S. Paroda, former DG, Indian Council for Agricultural Research(ICAR) and Chairman,...
Memorandum to the President about farmers’ anguish and indignation
On June 26, which marked the completion of seven months of the farmers’ protest...
UP govt silent on interest on arrear payments; will SC decide sugarcane farmers’ rights?
Legally, the calculation of arrears starts 14 days after cane supply because farmers...
NCDC celebrates International Yoga Day
The National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) organized an online event...
Pandemic fails to dampen India’s sugar consumption pattern
The pandemic-induced lockdown has failed to dampen the sugar consumption pattern...
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