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Apollo Hospitals Makes Millets Part of Hospital Diet, Procures from Female Farmers
In partnership with more than 5,000 woman farmers working with the Deccan Development Society, Apollo Hospitals Hyderabad has facilitated the use of millets. 4,000 kg of millets have already been procured by the healthcare community and another 1,000 kg will be procured next month to…
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Centre Purchased Paddy worth 1.23-Lakh Crore So Far at MSP
So far in this Kharif marketing season, the Centre has procured 651,07 lakh tonnes of paddy worth almost 1,23-lakh crore at the minimum support price (MSP) in the midst of farmers' agitation at Delhi's borders against three new farm laws…
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Turmeric Likely to offer decent returns for farmers this year
It has been an impressive upside rally for turmeric in the current month. Prices have surged to a five-year high in 2021 because of lower crop outlook versus previous season, and upgrading of this year’s demand situation by the market men, as compared with the…
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Country’s Sugar Exports Declined by more than 40% for 2020-21 Sugar Year, Says ISMA
As on 15thFebruary 2021, 183 sugar plants were working in Maharashtra and had delivered 75.46 lakh huge loads of sugar in comparision to 43.38 lakh tons created a year ago in a similar time period. 2 sugar plants have ended their activitiesIn the current year.…
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Tea Production in India Decreases by around 10%; Led to Increase in Price
Sujit Patra, secretary of the Indian Tea Association, said that the main tea developing north-eastern region of the country has received strong rainfall over the last few months and that will lead to increased production in 2021.…
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Know Why Hundreds of Turmeric Farmers in Nizamabad are Protesting
As the marketing season begins, prices have crashed to ₹4,000-5,000 a quintal. Hundreds of turmeric farmers in Nizamabad have taken to the streets at Armoor, demanding a minimum support price of ₹15,000 a quintal.…
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The Controversy over the Bhopal Tragedy Survivors (Vaccine trails in Question)
Bhopal is all in the news again, probably for the wrong reasons!…
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Rabi Planting Rises by 2.61 Percent: Ministry of Agriculture
The crop area has risen by 2.61 percent from last year, based on higher planting of pulses and oilseeds. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the region seeded for wheat, the main rabi crop, has also risen by 2.53 percent to 33.54 million hectares so…
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Biological Acquisitions during the International Year of Plant Health (Overseen as a Year of Pandemic)
The year of a declared Pandemic, yet businesses continued to make decisions, such as when to invest in new capacity or technology, and the need for information is always there.…
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How KISSAN has become the Brand
KISSAN - Tomato Ketchup contains only 28% tomato paste along with other ingredients. Hindustan Unilever Limited is manufacturing and selling the product in the market.…
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No Deadline Has Been Reached to Change the Stubble Burning Ordinance; Says Agriculture Ministry Officials
Even after reaching to an agreement to exclude farmers from criminal stubble burning laws under the Capital Air Pollution Ordinance, the Centre does not intend to take steps until all other problems with the protesting classes of farmers have also been resolved.…
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6 Wonderful Benefits of Ragi: Why You Must Include Finger Millets in Your Menu?
Ragi (Finger Millet) is a name we are very familiar with. Ragi is cultivated all over India but is mostly grown in Karnataka.…
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KVK Organizes Awareness Program on New Farm Laws for Farmers
This program was organized by KVK for five days, on 3,9,12, 16, & 29 December 2020. This awareness program was organized in the nearby villages including Gondakuwa, Akya, Bardari, Chapariya, Tillore Khurd, etc.…
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Perfect Execution of Swacchata Pakhwada 2020
The scientists of the Center discussed the techniques related to agriculture, livestock farming, and animal husbandry in detail with the farmer brothers and sisters and also solved the curiosities of the farmers.…
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Union Cabinet approves modified scheme to boost ethanol production in India
Modified scheme gets approval from the Union Cabinet for improving the ethanol refining capacity in the nation for delivering 1G (first Generation) ethanol from feed stocks.…
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Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals Releases Directory of Petrochemicals Units (Large and medium scale unit) 2019-20 & Directory of Chemicals Unit 2019-20
The Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals released on December 30, 2020 two directories, namely:…
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Kerala fishing community asks Centre to safeguard the interests of fishing sector
Considering the Indian Ports Act Bill 2020 in Parliament, the Kerala fishing community has urged the Centre to safeguard the interests of the fishing industry…
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PM Kisan Sampada Yojana: How this Scheme will help and support Farmers in 2021?
In midst of the farmer's agitation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently announced that under PM Krishi Sampada Yojana, around 6500 projects like mega food parks, cold chain infrastructure, agro-processing clusters have been approved.…
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2.2 tons of free vegetable seeds to improve production of Rabi Crops in Goa
e Department of Agriculture has set a target for this year's distribution of 2.2 tonnes of vegetable seeds for the rabi season. This is due to the phenomenal response to growing their own food they got during the lockdown from Goans. "Many individuals who took…
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Horticulture is the Key Solution to the Farmers Problem
Institute of Horticulture Technology established in 2009 is a premier Institute for conducting Educational & Research Programmes in Modern Horticulture and providing Residential Capacity Building Trainings for opening of numerous opportunities for career building in India and abroad.…
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Explained: What is the New Farm Loan Waiver Scheme of Jharkhand and Who is Eligible for it
A farm loan waiver scheme with a cumulative budget of Rs 2,000 crore was authorised by the Jharkhand cabinet on Wednesday. Who is worthy and what is the scheme? How is it going to be implemented? We're explaining:…
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Need to Extend Operation Greens in 2021-22
The GOI floated a scheme earlier to promote “TOP” fruits & Vegetables. Tomato, Onion & Potato were the ones chosen. Earlier this year Operation Greens was extended to additional notified fruits & vegetables effective till December 2020 in an attempt to avoid distress sales of…
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NCDC is Preparing to Help Set Up 8000 FPOs: MD Sundeep Nayak
In midst of the farmer's agitation, Nabard Chairman Dr GR Chintala visited NCDC headquarters last week and met Managing Director Sundeep Nayak.…
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Read to know how Telangana's IT Employees Forum helped the local farmers
Telangana's Forum of IT Employees helped out the local farmers. The forum contacted the apartment complexes and made them purchase directly from farmers…
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Additional Chief Secretary of Deoria, Uttar Pradesh to Communicate with farmer organizations
Rajan Shukla, Additional Chief Secretary, Civil Protection and Political Pension Department and Nodal Officer of Deoria district will visit Deoria on Monday for a two-day visit.…
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Growing Importance of Kashmir’s Saffron Market
Globally saffron or Kesar is the most expensive spice, with 1 pound (450 grams) costing between 500 and 5,000 U.S. dollars. On the domestic front Kashmiri saffron is the sweetest and most precious spice in the world. With production declining and concerns of adulteration increasing,…
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6 Super Masoor Dal Benefits for Your Entire Body
Masoor dal also known as red lentils is packed with energy, nutrients and has tremendous benefits. In the past decades, the advantages of masoor dal have been recognized and have thus formed an important part of Indian cuisine. The possibility that a bowl of masoor…
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IIP October 2020 report
The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is an index for India which details out the growth of various sectors in an economy such as mineral mining, electricity and manufacturing. The All India IIP is a composite indicator that measures the short-term changes in the volume…
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PS Japan Aims to Make Chemical Recycling Viable for Polystyrene
Pilot project is undertaken by a major Japanese manufacturer to demonstrate the chemical recycling of polystyrene (PS). This will help establish an effective chemical recycling technology able to convert materials back into their original building blocks. This could expand the scope of resource recycling and…
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Shalu James – The first entrepreneur who opened up the possibilities of Quail products in India
The first entrepreneur who opened up the possibilities of Quail products in India. This is the first brand of quail products. Now the products are selling through the online platforms.…
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