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…
Agriculture
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…
Himachal Kisan Sabha To Hold Farmers Protest
byShimla: To highlight the problems being faced by farmers, mainly in the apple belt, Himachal Kishan Sabha (HKS) has decided to hold protest demonstrations…
Himachal CPI(M) threatens to agitate over apple growers woes
byShimla: Holding that the state government was indifferent toward problems being faced by apple growers, Communist Party of India (Marxists) today threatened to launch…
Himachal apples, mangoes sanctioned Rs 3.37 insurance cover
byShimla: For damages to fruit crops, the Agriculture Insurance Company of India has sanctioned Rs 3.37 crore under the crop insurance scheme for apple…
Himachal farmers protest over failure to protect crops from wild animals
byShimla: Protesting against government failure to provide protection to crops from burgeoning population of monkeys and other wild animal, hundreds of framers under the…
Himachal government doing what it can for timely marketing of apples – Dhumal
byShimla: Coping up with a shortage of trucks for transporting apple boxes for marketing, chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said that the government was…