-ThePrint.in Savithramma from SPS Nellore district wasn't paid compensation for land taken over by revenue authorities in 2015. What followed was a 6-year-long legal battle to get her due. New Delhi: On Thursday, four serving IAS officers and a retired one were found guilty of contempt of court by the Andhra Pradesh High Court and were sentenced to varying jail terms or fines. The order came after a six-year-long legal fight and a...
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DMK govt.’s agri goals realisable, but hurdles lie ahead -T Ramakrishnan
-The Hindu State govt. has an ambitious target of transforming fallow lands into productive lands Several challenges lie in the task of realising the DMK government’s goals of transforming 11.75 lakh hectares of fallow lands into productive lands and doubling the double-cropped area, in 10 years, say veteran agricultural experts and farmers. Please click here to read more. ...
More »Tropical forests losing capacity to cycle carbon and water, finds new tracking system -Madhumita Paul
-Down to Earth Between 15 per cent and 20 per cent of humid tropical forests have been cleared since the early 1990s Tropical forests are losing their capacity to cycle carbon and water, according to a study using a new tracking system. The system was developed by a team of international scientists to monitor tropical forest vulnerability between 1982 and 2018. In Africa, forests show relative resilience to climate, according to the study. African...
More »Bihar farmers stare at huge loss of Kharif crops due to erratic monsoon rainfall -CK Manoj
-Down to Earth Late transplantation of paddy crops may lead to crop yield loss of up to 50 per cent An erratic monsoon has dented the hopes of Bihar’s farmers of a good Kharif 2021. The rainfall was very heavy in parts of the state and scanty in others, because of which the cultivators have not been able to transplant paddy seedlings or sow maize seeds. Around 50 per cent of the...
More »OECD-FAO: Global pulses trade to slow as India may boost production by 2030 -G Chandrashekhar
-The Hindu Business Line It observed that world pulses trade grew from 13 ml t to 17 ml t over the past decade The global pulse market that reached a volume of 92 million tons in 2020 - following an annual growth of 3 per cent during the previous decade – is expected to increase by 22 ml t by 2030, says OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2021-2030 released earlier this week. Almost half of...
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