“We have released the draft gazette notification for banning these pesticides. Companies may give their objections and representations with...

“In many cases, pesticide manufacturers are unwilling to register their products in high potential markets as they find the process costly ...

The Agriculture Minister has also appealed to the farmers to inspect their fields and immediately report the presence of any locust attack ...

India’s rice export to Europe has plunged by 40 per cent in 2018-19 over the issue of maximum residue level (MRL), and the market is likely...

The relevant information pertaining the names and mobile numbers of basmati rice growers as well as the longitudinal and latitudinal detail...

the state-wide raids have been conducted on 410 shops and subsequently 207 samples have been drawn for examination.

Punjab Agriculture University has already recommended alternatives to these five pesticides and fungicides.

During a visit here, RBI chief Raghuram Rajan also cautioned against taking farmer suicides "lightly" and stressed on the need to ensure fo...

The Punjab government has already sent these samples to the Union Agriculture Ministry.

AAP accused Punjab agriculture minister Tota Singh of being involved in the supply of inferior quality pesticides to cotton farmers.

Punjab has nearly 12 lakh acres under cotton this year and almost all of it is Bt cotton, which is resistant to some major pests such as bo...

Congress said the government has no "moral right" to continue in power and also sought the resignation of agriculture minister.

Crops worth Rs 50,000 crore are lost owing to pest and disease attack every year as pesticide consumption is low in India, according to a s...

Demand for chemical pesticides in the country is projected to decline to 54,685 tonnes in 2013-14 as compared to last year.

Cotton, paddy and wheat farmers in Punjab have been worst hit by use of pesticides with 36 pc of them suffering DNA fragmentation, accordin...

The divergence between the official/scientific position and what happens on the ground is nowhere as blatant as in agriculture.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday ruled out banning cola in the state after a Delhi-based NGO claimed it had found high le...