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From forests to fields: How India's earliest rebels fought colonial exploitation before 1857Across the annals of Indian history, we find vivid accounts of agrarian resistance standing firm against exploitation. From indigenous fore...- Need to create jobs in rural areas to reduce migration of youth, farmers : Nitin GadkariUnion Minister Nitin Gadkari stressed the need for rural employment to stop migration to cities. He highlighted the plight of farmers and w...
- Experts claim latest govt data on India's forests 'inflated'Experts claim that India's latest forest data is inflated due to the inclusion of bamboo plantations, coconut groves, and orchards. The 202...
- Coal companies to bring more than 2,400 hectares under green cover this yearGreening initiatives of the coal sector will help generate an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent through a...
- Bamboo industry has potential to be worth Rs. 30,000 crore: GadkariThe Minister said that we need more research, a more appropriate approach for product development, market support.
- Enhanced import duty to give a big boost to agarbatti and bamboo industries in India: KVICKVIC said that the decision was taken by the Finance Ministry on the initiative of Union Minister for MSME, Nitin Gadkari, who had urged Pr...
- View: Take a leaf from Gujarat, and let tribals own and operate forestsIn five years, 31 tribal villages have supplied over Rs 30 crore worth of bamboo, providing wages totalling almost Rs 20 crore to thousands...
- Assam offers a culinary tradition distinctly different from the rest of IndiaBamboo shoot has a big role in creating the flavours of most of the Assamese dishes.
- Numaligarh Refinery Limited inks MOU with Manipur government to source bambooAccording to NRL, the MoU will enable it to source 1.5 lakh tonnes per annum of Bamboo with a total turnover of more than Rs 30 crore by id...
- 10 crore trees to be planted on banks of river Ganga: Nitin GadkariThe senior BJP leader, who hails from Vidarbha area of Maharashtra, also appealed to the farmers of the region to go for bamboo plantation.
- Infosys grows greener by planting 32,000 Bheema bamboo treesInfosys, according to Kamath, began growing Bheema in Jan 2013, after learning that it can absorb nine times more carbon than a normal bamb...
- Infosys goes greener by planting Bheema bamboo treesInfosys began growing Bheema in January 2013, after learning that it can absorb nine times more carbon than a normal bamboo tree.
- Gujarat tribals turn bamboo plantation ownersBetween April 2014 and June 2015, a mill lifted 96,000 tonnes of bamboo. Wages paid totalled a whopping Rs 12 crore.
- Bamboo can prove to be a great economic change agent: Nitin GadkariHuge jobs from bamboo plantation are only one part of the story, insisted Gadkari, who saw it as a clean source of power.
- Arunachal Pradesh to sign MoUs for boosting bamboo sectorArunachal Pradesh will soon ink MoUs with Numaligarh Refinery Limitedand Hindustan Paper Corporation to help potential bamboo growers.
- Forest academy at Chandrapur to be operational within a year: Forest Minister Sudhir MungantiwarThe new forest academy being set up in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district will be operational in a year's time, State Forest Minister Sudhir...
- India to step up efforts to promote bamboo plantationsNatarajan said that her ministry also promotes bamboo plantations through various schemes especially with involvement of people from rural ...
- Odisha govt's drive to plant 12 crore treesOdisha government on Saturday set a target of planting more than 12 crore trees during 2014-15 following the loss of above 26 lakh trees in...
- A bamboo revolution in nondescript FutanaHere's a path-breaking story on World Environment Day that shows how with a little effort and determination, and good management a forest c...
- Decks cleared for Mission BambooIn order to make own position strong in the global bamboo based products market of around $10bn, the CCEA gave its approval for launching o...
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