Himachal extends weather based crop insurance cover to tomato, spring potato
byShimla: A Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS) has been launched on pilot basis in Solan and Bilaspur district for tomato crop and for…
Agriculture
Himachal Cabinet sets up body for approving building plans, extends MIS for citrus fruits
byShimla: Extending the market intervention scheme (MIS) for citrus fruits, the Himachal cabinet today approved procurement rates for the fruit, redrew the norms for…
Parala marketing yard to dispel growers marketing woes – Himachal CM
byShimla: To overcome the constraints for marketing apples, mainstay of the agri-economy in Shimla hills, chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today laid a foundation…
Himachal to use Geo-Informatics for Developmental Planning – Dhumal
bySpace application centre to be set up Shimla: Chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today announced setting up space application centre for using Geo-Informatics in…
CPI(M) puts Himachal apple harvest mismanagement losses at Rs 700 Cr
byShimla: Assessing a loss of Rs 700 crores to the fruit grower’s community, Communist Party of India (Marxists) has taken the government to task…
Harvest Maize Patterns
byShimla: Its harvest time and farmers at a village near Shimla are making the best of the sunny autumn days by spreading out a…
State Agriculture Leadership Award – 2010 for Himachal
byShimla: For promoting innovative practices in agriculture, the Himachal Pradesh government was awarded the State Agriculture Leadership Award – 2010. Punjab Governor Shiv Raj…
NABARD revises norms for Doodh Ganga Project in Himachal
byShimla: Having revised the central governments Venture Capital Fund (VCFS) scheme for dairy, other than the name even the norms have been changed for…
Scientists creates world’s first high-protein GM “protato” spuds in Shimla
byA team of Indian scientists has grown for the first time, a genetically modified spud called ‘protato’ that makes up to 60 per cent…
Shimla Banks Disburse Rs 478 Cr Loans
byShimla: For the first quarter, banks in Shimla district disbursed loans worth Rs 478 crore, which included Rs 258 crore in the priority sector…