-The Telegraph Saharsa: Farmers in the Purnea and Kosi divisions will go to school from next month to learn about the latest agricultural techniques and how to reap maximum benefit from their produce. As many as 210 farmers' schools will come up in the state, including Purnea and Saharsa, for which the government has allocated Rs 1.8 crore. Twenty-nine of the schools will come up in Khagaria. Agriculture director Dharmendra Kumar said: "These...
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Cyclone damage less than crop loss
-Deccan Chronicle KARIMNAGAR (Telengana): Karimnagar DCC president K. Mrutyunjayam said the crop loss due to drought conditions in Telangana state was more than the devastation caused by cyclone Hudhud in Visakhapatnam in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. He was addressing a mediapersons here on Sunday. Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao is announcing new schemes and opting to conduct new surveys only to divert people's attention from his inefficiency. He asked the government...
More »Now, Centre to cap subsidy on cooking gas -Jyoti Mukul & Sudheer Pal Singh
-The Business Standard So far, there was a cap on the number of subsidised cylinders alone, not on the subsidy Taking the next step in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) pricing reforms, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has decided to cap the subsidy on domestic gas cylinders. So far, there was a cap on the number of subsidised cylinders alone, not on the subsidy. Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan told Business Standard a...
More »Unions Warn of Strike, Oppose E-Auction, Commercial Mining
-Outlook Trade bodies representing around four lakh coal workers today said they oppose e-auction as well as the enabling provision in the proposed Ordinance for commercial mining by private players, and warned of a nation- wide strike if the Centre goes ahead with the changes. The Cabinet yesterday recommended promulgation of an Ordinance to facilitate e-auction of coal blocks for private companies for captive use and allot mines directly to state and...
More »Technology saves fishermen
-Deccan Chronicle Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh): Modern Telecom Technology has come to the rescue of fishermen in the Hudhud cyclone, as many lives as well as their fishing gears were saved. The government departments and private agencies alerted the fishermen about the threat posed by Hudhud. They were warned not to venture in to the sea right from October 7. MS Swaminathan Rese-arch Foundation (MSSRF) has been giving information and alerts of potential fish...
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