Agriculture
After 20 years, India mulls importing rice
18 Nov 2009
UN meet on global hunger opens sans G8 leaders
16 Nov 2009
Government hikes support prices for rabi crops
05 Nov 2009
India downplays Chinese activity on the Brahmaputra
By Rajiv Singh | 05 Nov 2009
Indian water resources minister, PK Bansal, has sought to downplay the issue of China building a dam on the Upper Brahmaputra river in Tibet with the strange assertion that the dam is 1100 km away and so a matter of not much concern to India.
India aims to be world's food factory
04 Nov 2009
The government aims to double the country's contribution to the world agri-produce business from 1.5 per cent to 3.0 per cent by the 2015
Monsanto opens biotech research center in China
04 Nov 2009
Chinese construction activity on Brahmaputra confirmed
04 Nov 2009
Zangmu may be only one of five sites on the Upper Brahmaputra or the Yarlung Tsangpo where the Chinese intend to construct dams.
Government may resort to direct rice imports
04 Nov 2009
The worst monsoon in 37 years has shrunk the summer-sown rice output, raising prospects of higher food prices and further dependence on imports for the main food crop.
Kharif rice procurement up 1.68 lakh tonnes
31 Oct 2009
Chattisgarh says 'no' to Bt brinjal
26 Oct 2009
Approval of Bt brinjal mindless and deadly, say protesters
23 Oct 2009
The approval given to the genetically modified Bt brinjal by the genetic engineering approval committee has raised a storm of protest from farmers and environmental groups
Approval of Bt brinjal mindless and deadly, say protesters
23 Oct 2009
The approval given to the genetically modified Bt brinjal by the genetic engineering approval committee has raised a storm of protest from farmers and environmental groups
Australia lifts ban on beef imports
21 Oct 2009
India to determine if China is damming the Brahmaputra
16 Oct 2009
The Indian ministry of external affairs has said it would determine check whether there has been any change in the Chinese position of not constructing any dams on the Brahmaputra river or diverting river waters in any significant way.