RC recommendation on 27 pesticides
<p>This report is on the review of 66 pesticides under the Chairmanship of Dr. Anupam Varma. The main parameters emphasized by the Committee to review the products were uses approved under the Insecticides
Ministry Of Agriculture
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India Inc gives thumbs down to land acquisition Bill
The Bill will be tabled in the winter session of Parliament later this year Like the rest of corporate India, Larsen & Toubro Executive Chairman A M Naik will not be amused by the modified land acquisition Bill — Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Bill -- cleared by the group of ministers (GoM) on Tuesday. It was Naik who had complained early this year that the cost of projects such as the Navi Mumbai airport will go up by around Rs 4,500 crore as the draft Bill made it mandatory to give hefty compensation to landowners, and that too with retrospective effect.
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GoM approves Land Acquisition Bill
Bill during winter session of Parliament; only two-thirds of landowners will have to agree before land can be acquired After three rounds of vigorous debate, a Group of Ministers has approved the controversial Land Acquisition Bill, with few changes from the version presented to the Union Cabinet last month. This paves the way for the Bill to be introduced in Parliament in the winter session.
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GoM okays land Bill with industry-friendly features
New Delhi Nothwithstanding the thickening cloud of scandals around it, the UPA government is pressing ahead with its reforms agenda. A group of ministers (GoM) on Tuesday approved the long-pending land bill for Cabinet consideration after resolving disputes between ministries. As per the final draft, approval of two-third of land owners and affected families will be required for acquiring land for PPP and private sector projects with defined public purposes. If the Bill is approved by Parliament —the plan is to introduce it, vetted earlier by the relevant House panel, in the Winter session — it will remove yet another hurdle for investors and spur economic activity.
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Land Bill comes to Cabinet in two weeks
General agreement on most clauses, GoM to finalise loose ends in a few days The group of ministers (GoM) on the land acquisition Bill on Tuesday agreed to present the draft legislation before the Cabinet in two weeks. The GoM would go through some consultation and tying up of loose ends at a meeting this week between Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, who is also the GoM chairman.
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Group of Ministers clears land Bill
The new “investor-friendly” version of the controversial land Bill was today cleared by a group of ministers led by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar. The consent of two-thirds of landowners would now
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GoM approves watered down land bill
New Delhi: The government will have to secure the nod of two-thirds of landowners to acquire a patch of land for private/PPP projects while acquisition in tribal areas would be possible only with the approval
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Govt keen on market-based drug pricing
New Delhi The government has decided to stick to the new market-based formula for essential drugs. The formula was proposed by a group of ministers (GoM) headed by Sharad Pawar in the last week of September
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Punjab beyond paddy
The monsoon was almost missing during June-July, the two crucial months of paddy transplantation, but Punjab is looking once again at reaping a record harvest. Since the green revolution of the 1960s,
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Shift Rice Production from Punjab to Eastern States
Plunging groundwater level in western states prods crop scientists to suggest change. With reports of groundwater level going down in Punjab and Haryana, considered the rice bowl of India, scientists and
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No acquisition of fertile land for non-farm use
Giving a pointer to the much-awaited Bill on land acquisition reforms, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said the government will not dilute the provisions which restrict the acquisition of