States

UP sugar mills owe about Rs 8,000 crore to cane farmers

UP sugar mills owe about Rs 8,000 crore to cane farmers

According to the data from the UP Sugar Industry and Cane Development Department...

Sugar sector contributes 8.45% to UP’s economy

Sugar sector contributes 8.45% to UP’s economy

The sugar and sugarcane sector, which sustains the livelihood of about 5 million...

Women to lead doorstep banking in UP countryside

Women to lead doorstep banking in UP countryside

As part of its overarching mission to empower women and make banking services available...

UP to compete with Bangladesh, Indonesia with Rs 8,365cr textile hub

UP to compete with Bangladesh, Indonesia with Rs 8,365cr textile hub

The proposed Apparel Export Cluster is aimed at making UP a major textile hub of...

UP Military Hardware industry ‘gunning for glory’

UP Military Hardware industry ‘gunning for glory’

The UP Defence Manufacturing Corridor spans six nodes viz. Lucknow, Kanpur, Jhansi,...

UP targets self-reliance with 533 new oxygen plants

UP targets self-reliance with 533 new oxygen plants

The new plants are being set up both in the public and private sectors, including...

Medicinal plants finding favour with UP farmers

Medicinal plants finding favour with UP farmers

Uttar Pradesh government is looking at encouraging farmers to take up farming of...

‘Manchester of the East’: UP to revive lost glory of Kanpur

‘Manchester of the East’: UP to revive lost glory of Kanpur

In three years, the UP government has received 23 proposals for setting up industries...

Congress trio out to claim Virbhadra legacy

Congress trio out to claim Virbhadra legacy

Considered close to former CM Virbhadra Singh, the trio of the leader of Opposition...

Yogi fast tracks Rs 36,000 crore Ganga Expressway project

Yogi fast tracks Rs 36,000 crore Ganga Expressway project

With less than 8 months remaining for the crucial 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls,...

Despite farm protests, UP wheat procurement jumps 40 per cent to 5 million tonnes

Despite farm protests, UP wheat procurement jumps 40 per cent to 5 million tonnes

Despite ongoing farm protests against the new central laws, the Uttar Pradesh wheat...

In lockdown 2.0 UP MGNREGA enrollment up 560 per cent  to 1.4 million

In lockdown 2.0 UP MGNREGA enrollment up 560 per cent to 1.4 million

Over the past month, Rs 448 crore has been paid to the state MGNREGA workers as...

Smartphone bonanza for 400k ‘anganwadi’ staff in UP!

Smartphone bonanza for 400k ‘anganwadi’ staff in UP!

chief minister Yogi Adityanath has directed officials to distribute smartphones...

Cosmopolitan society in Himachal asks farmers to board online with produce

Cosmopolitan society in Himachal asks farmers to board online with produce

Even as the corona curfew continues in Himachal Pradesh, the cosmopolitan society...

UP targets 100 million Covid vaccinations in three months

UP targets 100 million Covid vaccinations in three months

Even as the top vaccine makers are yet to respond to the global tender floated by...

UP extends vaccine global tender deadline to June 10

UP extends vaccine global tender deadline to June 10

Uttar Pradesh, which has floated a global tender for procuring 40 million Covid-19...

KRIBHCO and Novonesis join hands to bring biological solutions to Indian farmers

Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited (KRIBHCO), a fertilizer producing cooperative, and Novonesis, a  biological solutions company...

Cooperatives

Rice varieties and their genes for phosphorus and nitrogen use efficiency discovered at Indraprastha University

In a discovery that could help save both fertilizer costs and pollution due to leftover fertilizers in croplands, Indian biotechnologists...

Agritech

Next generation GM seed: Case for transformation of Indian cotton sector and textile economy

Cotton production in India has been slowly increasing from the 50-70s era where the yields were around 130 kg/HA, and the average...

Opinion

UP Govt to Establish State of the Art Seed Park in Lucknow, Asks Industry for Investments

Seed and agriculture experts on Friday called for enhancing collaborations for outcome-driven research, achieving self-reliance in...

National

Government Increases Import Duty on Crude and Refined Edible Oils by 20% to Restrict Cheap Imports

The central government has increased the customs duty on crude and refined edible oils. The Indian edible oil industry had been demanding...

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Government Removes Minimum Export Price for Basmati and Onion

In a significant move before the assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana, the central government has made notable decisions...

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