Agri Development Finance (Tamil Nadu) Ltd., a joint venture of NABARD, Tamil Nadu Government and commercial banks, is keen on funding large scale vegetable cultivation projects in the corporate
The population of quacks in Delhi is estimated to be a staggering 30,000 and the number is increasing with no effective legislation to curb their activities. The Quackery Prohibition Act, 1997,
A project being executed by the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) in collaboration with GTZ the German agency for technical co-operation is being lauded as a role model in the sphere of soil
With the government and the UN agencies sorting out the bureaucratic tangle involved in UN aided projects in India, the ambitious programme for community-based primary educations in India is all set
The Washington-based Worldwatch Institute has predicted that China's skewed water policies have the potential of making it a foodgrain importer, and thus increase the grain prices in the global
Dried banana stems can mop up raioactive nuclear wastes, according to scientists from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in Mumbai. The inner portion of banana stems (called pith) can absorb
The apiculture sector in Karnataka which is facing a crisis due to the spread of the deadly 'Thai sac brood virus' could be eradicated through bio-technical methods, according to the Vietnam Bee
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affaris (CCEA) on Friday approved the proposal to increase the minimum support price (MSP) for common variety of paddy to Rs 440 per quintal and that of grade A
Five United Nations agencies for the first time have come together to extend $ 20 million aid to initiate a programme for universalisaiton of elementary education . To this effect an agreement was
The Power Finance Corporation (PFC) will provide Rs 2,000 crore to the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) for modernisation of thermal power stations and construction of new ones. PFC has
