Food grain production could hit record 250 mn tonnes: PM
New Delhi : Food grain production could touch a record 250 million tonnes in 2011-12, exceeding the annual target by five million tonnes, Prime Minister Manmohan [...]
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Centre’s nod to cold chain centre
New Delhi : In order to cut the loss of fruits, vegetables and flowers during stoage, the cabinet Thursday approved the setting up of a National [...]
Heavy snowfall causes huge damage to Himachal apple orchards
Shimla : In what is being described as the heaviest snowfall this time in twenty years in Himachal Pradesh’s apple belt in Shimla district the damage [...]
Himachal makes a start in organic farming
Shimla : Going organic is the new mantra in Himachal Pradesh, with over 25,000 farmers cashing in on the high demand and remunerative prices of organic [...]
Himachal targets 7.41 lakh tons winter foodgrain production
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh has fixed a target of producing 7.41 lakh tonnes of foodgrains during the current rabi (winter harvest) season, an official statement said here [...]
NABARD sets 2012-13 credit target at Rs 7865 Cr for Himachal
Shimla: Raising the credit limit to the priority sector by as much as 25 percent for 2012-13, the state focus paper for Himachal prepared by NABARD [...]
Himachal farmers body demands apple protection steps
Shimla : A left wing led farmers body(Himachal seb utpadak sangh) today asked the state government to provide a slew of measures to protect the state’s [...]
Food security bill will kill farming – Himachal CM
Shimla: Opposing the Food Security Bill, chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today cautioned that there were various aspects about it that would be imposed on the [...]
Apple production fluctuates, imports steadily rise
Shimla: Apple production in the apple producing states of the country may have fluctuated over the last three years, but imports are steadily rising and pose [...]
UNESCO accepts Great Himalayan Park nomination for World Heritage Status
Shimla: Nomination for declaring the Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) as a UNESCO World Heritage Site had been accepted and it would be granted the prestigious [...]
Punjab farmers dump crop, cause potato traffic jams
Jalandhar: Motorists and commuters here in the city and elsewhere were a harassed lot, yesterday, as farmers dumped tons of potatoes onto roads in protest of [...]
Separate authority to boost tea production in India
Kailashahar (Tripura): The government would soon constitute a separate directorate under the Tea Board to boost tea production by small growers in India, Confederation of Indian [...]
Japan funded flood protection project in Himachal gets Rs 60 Cr more
Shimla: Flood protection project on Swan River in Una district has been enhanced from Rs 160 Cr to Rs 220 Crore and the implementation period has [...]
Freight subsidy to potato growers – Prakash Singh Badal
Chandigarh: Faced with a farmers threat about dumping potatoes on Jalandhar roads from 15th December, chief minister Prakash Singh Badal expeditiously asked state agency Markfed to [...]
FDI in multi brand retail would do farmers good – Capt Amarinder Singh
Jalandhar: Dismissing the oppositions campaign against FDI in multi brand retail as petty politics, Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh said that it would do farmers [...]
Punjab farmers threaten to dump potatoes on Jalandhar roads as prices crash
Jalandhar: Potato farm prices dropping to as much as Rs 1 per K, farmer around Jalandhar have decided to protest on 15th December by throwing potatoes [...]
Funds lie idle as Jumbo problem persists
Dehra Dun : Uttarakhand has a jumbo problem on hand, but the bureaucracy here apparently has more important things in mind, than being concerned of people [...]
Himachal trout farmers face market, transport contraints
Shimla: Trout farming has high potential in the state but has not developed fast enough due to various constraints, which includes difficulties in constructing circular ponds, [...]
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