Agartala, Feb 28 (IANS) Tripura has witnessed a remarkable 332 per cent increase in the area under floriculture over the past seven years, with farmers earning higher returns as the state government steps up initiatives to promote floriculture, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Ratan Lal Nath said on Saturday. The Minister said that since the 2018-19 financial year, flower cultivation in the state has expanded significantly due to rising demand and better price realisation in lo…
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Agartala, Feb 27 (IANS) Minister of State (MoS) for Power and New and Renewable Energy, Shripad Y. Naik, on Friday, inaugurated a 15-kilowatt grid-connected rooftop solar power plant at the Gomati District Magistrate’s office in Tripura’s state capital of Agartala, marking the formal launch of state’s plan to solarise all district administrative headquarters. With this initiative, the Tripura government has expanded its renewable energy push from residential rooftops to public institutions, aimi…
Agartala, Feb 24 (IANS) Tripura Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Ratan Lal Nath on Tuesday sought additional central funding for various farmer-centric projects and strongly pitched for large-scale hybrid paddy cultivation in the state. The Minister made the demands during a financial review meeting of centrally sponsored schemes of the Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, held via video conference under the chairmanship of Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan…
Agartala, Feb 6 (IANS) Despite repeated appeals by the government and the power utility, nearly 60 per cent of Tripura’s around nine lakh electricity consumers have not been paying their monthly power bills for several years, officials of the Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL) said on Friday.A senior TSECL official said that only about 4.32 lakh consumers — largely from urban and town areas — regularly pay their electricity bills to the state-owned corporation.The persiste…
Agartala, Feb 4 (IANS) Tripura has witnessed a sharp rise in flower cultivation and production over the past seven years, benefitting more than 59,000 farmers across the state, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Ratan Lal Nath said on Wednesday. The Minister was speaking after inaugurating the Vivekananda Flower Garden in West Tripura. Highlighting the growing importance of floriculture, Nath said flowers are an integral part of social, cultural, and religious life. “Flowers are requi…
Agartala, Jan 24 (IANS) Tripura has achieved a significant milestone in the renewable energy sector by crossing 7 megawatt (MW) of solar electricity generation under the Pradhan Mantri Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSGMBY), officials said here on Saturday. Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL) Spokesman Bipul Bhowmik described the achievement as a historic moment in the state’s journey towards energy self-reliance and sustainable development.According to the official, electricit…
Agartala, Jan 18 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state will develop infrastructure in agricultural markets across Tripura to boost farmers’ income and strengthen their livelihoods in the state, State Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Ratan Lal Nath said on Sunday. Nath said that to further enhance farmers’ income and make Tripura self-reliant in foodgrain production, the state government will develop infrastructure, including market buildings, in each of the 60 …
Agartala, Jan 17 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Saturday said that the present BJP government is giving special emphasis to strengthening school infrastructure and promoting holistic education beyond textbooks, while alleging that no significant development was carried out in the education sector before 2018. The Chief Minister, while physically and virtually inaugurating the newly constructed building of four Higher Secondary schools, said that no development in the education secto…
Agartala, Jan 12 (IANS) Tripura Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Ratan Lal Nath, on Monday, flagged off a consignment of 15,000 scented lemons from the Agartala Railway Station to Kolkata, marking another milestone in the state’s expanding organic farming sector. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that although scented lemons from Tripura had earlier been sent outside the state, this consignment was exported through the Tripura State Organic Farming Development Agency in collab…
Agartala, Jan 5 (IANS) To strengthen farmers’ income and make Tripura self-reliant in food grain production, the state government will set up 60 additional agricultural markets across the state at a cost of Rs 158 crore, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Ratan Lal Nath said on Monday.The Minister said the BJP government does not view development through a political lens and is focussed solely on inclusive growth and employment generation.Nath made the remarks while inaugurating a new…