Tapi, April 17 (IANS) A woman farmer in Gujarat’s Tapi district has reported a significant increase in income after shifting to zero-budget natural farming and cultivating multiple crops without chemical inputs.Arvinda Gamit, from Singpur village in Songadh taluka, began practising natural farming on one acre of land with guidance from the Krishi Vigyan Kendra and under the government’s Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) project.She now cultivates 22 different crops using…
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Gandhinagar, March 30 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Monday launched a series of infrastructure and irrigation projects aimed at improving access to basic services and agricultural support in Gujarat’s tribal regions, covering road connectivity, public facilities, and large-scale water supply schemes.The state government has sanctioned works worth Rs 362.57 crore under the ‘Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana’ to strengthen infrastructure across the tribal belt stretching from Ambaji to …
Tapi, Feb 13 (IANS) Chikhalvav, a tribal village in Vyara taluka of Tapi district in Gujarat, is setting a benchmark in women’s empowerment, with all eight members of its panchayat, including the sarpanch, being women. For the past four years, the village’s administration, from local governance to education and healthcare, has been entirely managed by women, who make decisions collectively to ensure the benefits of government schemes reach every household.Rakshaben Gamit, Sarpanch of C…
Gandhinagar, Jan 9 (IANS) With spiritual fervour gripping the city amidst the four-day ‘Swabhiman Parv’ celebrations, a large number of Lord Shiva devotees arrived in Somnath on Friday morning via special trains.The devotees hailing from Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, and Ahmedabad reached the holy city this morning and were accorded a warm welcome with drumbeats and traditional ‘Bhathigal Garba’.The Gujarat government has made special arrangements for Shiva devotees for the ‘Somnath Swabhiman Parv’, …