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    Parl panel recommends 5 kg of foodgrain entitlement per person

    A Parliamentary panel has recommended five kilograms of foodgrain entitlement per person, a month under the National Food Security Bill awaiting passage in Parliament. This will cover 67 per cent of population. The Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution in its report submitted to the Lok Sabha Speaker today, has agreed to […]

    Environment

    Gemalto’s Cinterion M2M Technology Preserves Amazon Rainforest in Brazil

    Amsterdam : Gemalto ,the world leader in digital security, announces its Cinterion M2M business is providing wireless connectivity for Invisible Tracck™, an innovative device used in a pilot program to thwart illegal deforestation in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil. Developed by Cargo Tracck™, a technology leader in Brazil, the device uses Gemalto’s Cinterion M2M technology […]

    Agriculture

    Haryana bags ‘Krishi Karman Award’ for highest wheat production

    Haryana State has bagged the ‘Krishi Karman Award’ for Best Performing State in Wheat Category for the year 2011-12. It is for the consecutive second year that Haryana has been chosen for this Award. Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Bhupinder Singh Hooda received the ‘Krishi Karman Award’ for the State from the President of India, Mr. […]

    Agriculture

    Prez to award best performing states in agriculture production

    Bihar, Manipur, Nagaland, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh will be awarded the Krishi Karman 2011-12 awards for their best performance in increasing foodgrain production. An official statement said that the President Pranab Mukherjee will present these awards to the chief ministers of these states today. The award carries a trophy, a […]

    Agriculture

    Government agencies procure 259 lakh tonne of rice

    Government agencies have procured over 259 lakh tonne of rice during current Kharif Marketing Season. Data provided by the Food Ministry shows that rice procured till date is six per cent more than the quantity of rice procured during the corresponding period of the previous season. Highest procurement has been made in Punjab with over […]

    Agriculture

    Haryana govt hikes sugarcane prices

    The Haryana government has announced a hike of 45 rupees per quintal in each variety of sugarcane. The announcement was made after Chief Minister, Bhupoinder Singh Hooda held talks with the agitating sugarcane growers yesterday. They were on strike and refused to sell sugarcane to the cooperative mills of the state. The Chief Minister said […]

    Agriculture

    Govt allocates over 1 lakh 24 thousand tonnes of foodgrains to poorest districts of 4 states at BPL rates

    The government has allocated more than one lakh twenty four thousand tonnes of foodgrains to the poorest districts of four states at BPL rates. 84,746 tonnes of rice is for distribution among the poorest districts of Odisha and 7029 tonnes of rice and 28,372 tonnes of wheat for Alirajpur, Burhanpur and Dindori in Madhya Pradesh. […]

    Environment

    Fire crews racing to bring over 100 fires in SE Australia under control before temperatures rise

    Fire crews in south-east Australia are racing to bring hundreds of bushfires under control before temperatures rise and winds pick up again. More than 120 blazes are still burning in New South Wales, razing at least 300,000 hectares of land and killing thousands of livestock. Cooler weather has brought some reprieve but forecasters predict another […]

    Environment

    Oz battling widespread bushfires

    In Australia, the authorities are continuing to tackle widespread bush fires in parts of the country although cooler weather in Southern areas today has offered some respite from the heat waves. Meteorologists have now confirmed that yesterday was Australia’s hottest day on record. Police spokeswoman Lisa Stingel today said no deaths have been reported but […]

    Agriculture

    Govt likely to hike levy price of sugar by Rs 2/kg for this yr

    The govt is likely to raise the levy price of sugar — the rate at which it buys the sweetener from mills to sell through ration shops — by over Rs 2 to about Rs 22 per kg for the current year. For the 2011-12 marketing year (October-September), the levy price of sugar was 19.04 […]

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