New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) India should launch a National Mission on Cocoa, expand polyclonal seed gardens, enhance subsidies, and boost research to cut import dependence, industry leaders said at a roundtable.Industry leaders at a roundtable on “India’s Cocoa Future: Self Sufficiency and Global Value Chain Integration” recommended a unified policy framework and expansion of polyclonal seed gardens to 250 hectares by 2028, with a focus on tribal and rainfed regions, a Grant Thornton Bharat rep…
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New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the agriculture production in the country has increased by nearly 44 per cent over the past ten years and many farmers’ incomes have doubled, according to an official statement on Tuesday.Central Government has launched a comprehensive campaign to enhance farmers’ productivity and income with record procurement at Minimum Support Price, the minister said in the Lok SabhaFurther the minister highlighted Prad…
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is all set to relocate from the British-era building in South Block to its new address — ‘Seva Teerth’, the newly constructed building at Kartavya Path, on Friday. The Prime Minister will inaugurate the complex — Seva Teerth as well as Kartavya Bhavan-1 & 2.The inauguration will mark a transformative milestone in India’s administrative governance architecture as the Seva Teerth houses the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the Na…
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Union Consumer Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi has released the ‘Electric Agricultural Tractors — Test Code’, developed by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), to ensure the safety, reliability, and performance of electric agricultural tractors through uniform and standardised testing protocols across the country, as per an official statement issued on Sunday.IS 19262:2025 ‘Electric Agricultural Tractors — Test Code’ establishes a common understanding among all s…