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Govt readies contingency plans to counter El Nino threat to kharif season: Shivraj Singh ChouhanThe Indian government is ready for El Nino's impact on the upcoming kharif crop. Contingency plans are being made for affected districts. T...- Shortage to scam: Fake fertilisers, pesticides flood farms - how much is China to blame?With limited supply, a rise in agrochemical input demand has created fertile ground for counterfeit products, an issue further aggravated b...
- 'We are spreading thorns in path of our farmers instead of petals': Dhanuka Agritech Group chairman RG Agarwal slams restrictive rulesDhanuka Agritech Group chairman Dr. RG Agarwal criticized export bans and restrictions on produce, stating that they harm farmers and push ...
- Dhanuka Group looking to invests in more agri startups; urges govt to crackdown on sales of spurious pesticides"We have made investments in two startups. There are many young entrepreneurs who have great products and technologies. We are ready to sup...
- Agrochemical firm Dhanuka Group seeks action against ghost companies selling spurious pesticidesIn a statement, Dhanuka Group Chairman R G Agarwal pointed out that the share of illegal pesticides is estimated at 10-25 per cent of the t...
- Reduce GST on pesticides to 5% from 18%: Dhanuka Agritech chief RG AgarwalAgarwal also urged the government to bring the agro-chemicals sector under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme and facilitate the ...
- Registration of pesticides, new technology and farmer assistance, key changes for PMB 2020: ET-ILCManufacturers, farmers and academicians want the government to change the bill to make it more effective, make the registration committee a...
- Parliament nod on pesticide and seed bills likely next session: MoS AgricultureThe Pesticide Management Bill that will replace the Insecticides Act, 1968 seeks to regulate the pesticide sector by fixing prices and sett...
- Punjab Agriculture Department raids vendors selling spurious pesticides, agriculture inputsthe state-wide raids have been conducted on 410 shops and subsequently 207 samples have been drawn for examination.
- Pesticide Management Bill to be finalised in 3 months“With a focus to protect farmers and promote safe use of pesticide, we will finalise the Pesticide Management Bill very soon,” said B Rajen...
- Use of genuine agrochemicals can raise pulses output by 25%: Crop Life IndiaAccording to various industry estimates pests and disease infestation amounts to crop losses worth Rs 50,000 crore each year in India, due ...
- Punjab whitefly attack: Centre to test 1,000 pesticide samplesThe Punjab government has already sent these samples to the Union Agriculture Ministry.
- Farmers' stir unfortunate, ready to accept genuine demands: CM Parkash Singh BadalThe agitating farmers have been demanding Rs 40,000 per acre compensation for farmers whose crops have been damaged by white fly attack.
- Whitefly destroys two-third of Punjab's cotton crop, 15 farmers commit suicidePunjab 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...
- Jammu and Kashmir government to import high density fruit plants, root stockingsJammu and Kashmir government has earmarked Rs 150 crore to develop horticulture sector and will import high density fruit plants and root s...
- DuPont introduces technology solution to tackle fake pesticides sale'DuPont Izone', a technology that works with web-based verification system, helps in validating the authenticity of the product when a farm...
- Spurious pesticide kills crops worth Rs 25,000 cr a yearIndia is facing crop losses worth over Rs 25,000 crore a year because of use of spurious pesticides and insecticides, a leading farmers' bo...
- Weather, spurious seeds hit cotton yield in GujaratEven as the Gujarat government is beaming with high cotton crop production, the crop’s productivity has gone down.
- Soft drinks not harmful: Pesticide ind associationThe Rs 2,500 crore Indian pesticide industry association, Agrochemicals Promotion Group (APG), said on Friday that the residue of pesticide...
- Move to curb fake insecticidesTHE GOVERNMENT on Friday said it will be amending the Insecticides Act to bring it more in tune with the times and streamline the procedure...
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