As on date 4, 53,622 farmers are practicing organic farming under Participatory Guarantee System (PGS India) and 11, 47,401 farmers are registered in TraceNet under third party certification. The estimated value of domestic organic market was Rs. 500-1000 crores as per Yes Bank study published in
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Government has conducted several studies to measure and quantify the adverse effects of climate change on agriculture. Extensive field and simulation studies were carried out in agriculture and allied sectors by several network centers consisting of ICAR Institutes such as Indian Agricultural
Pravin Jadhav has spent half his life in a shanty near a drain, in a household where two full meals are a luxury. There’s no electricity and water is scarce. And the only reason he picked up a bow — about six years ago, against his family’s wish — was to escape poverty. Now, Jadhav is Olympics-bound
A new edition of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's book 'Exam Warriors' is in the making, as per reports. The earlier edition of the book was launched on 3rd February 2018, by the then HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar and the then EA Minister Sushma Swaraj. Some twenty lakh copies of this book has been
India’s push to build a less-cash economy seems to be gathering momentum with the central bank recording a phenomenal growth in digital transactions till March 2019 and setting an ambitious target to push up the volumes by four times by 2021. Total digital transactions in volume terms recorded a
“TO SHOW how challenging it was to achieve the correct cruise path, would be like going outside and hitting a golf ball towards a hole located in Los Angeles. The ball has to go straight into the hole and to make it more challenging, the hole is moving.” That was ISRO scientist Ritu Karidhal
In a press meet, at ISRO Headquarters, Bengaluru on the occasion of the forthcoming launch of India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission to Moon. Dr K Sivan, Chairman, ISRO addressed and interacted with regional, national and international media persons during the meet. Dr Sivan outlined ISRO’s vision on space
Nearly 15,00,000 students across all the ITIs in India can access the digital learning module via the Bharat Skills portal. Directorate General of Training (DGT), under the aegis of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, today joined hands with two big private sector companies-Cisco
Sahitya Akademi has selected 22 writers for the Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2019 and 23 writers for Yuva Puraskar 2019. The Executive Board of the Akademi that met in Agartala today, under the Chairmanship of its President, Dr. Chandrashekhar Kambar approved the selection of awardees. The
The Government has taken a historic decision to reduce the rate ofcontribution under the ESI Act from 6.5% to 4%(employers’ contribution being reduced from 4.75% to 3.25% and employees’ contribution being reduced from 1.75% to 0.75%). Reduced rates will be effective from 01.07.2019. Thiswould
Union Minister for Tribal Affairs, Arjun Munda, launched the “e-governance initiatives for ST Welfare schemes” at a function organized by Ministry of Tribal Affairs here on Wednesday. A power point presentation on these new e-governance initiatives was made on the occasion. The minister applauded
In a major move aimed at making Aadhaar making people friendly, the Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved “The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019” to replace the Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019. The amendments proposed are the same as