The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) has called for agricultural land ceiling laws to be repealed in order to allow farmers to grow economically. According to Assocham’s pre-Budget memorandum 2022-23, land ceiling laws may have allowed for land redistribution...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture has dismissed the pesticides company’s demand on three key issues: price control, criminalization, and data protection, and has asked the government to provide a system of checks and balances to prevent pesticide inspectors from...
NITI Aayog has signed an agreement with the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) to identify issues related to the inclusion of millets in government programs, with the goal of providing a more diverse food basket via its free food distribution scheme, with a aim on coarse grains and...
India allowed refined palm oil imports till December 2022, according to a government order, as the world’s largest vegetable oil buyer seeks to lower edible oil prices. The move may reduce India’s imports of crude palm oil (CPO), with buyers moving to refined palm oil as...
Refer Biodiversity Bill to Environment, Forests, S&T Committee-Jairam Ramesh The Congress Chief Smt. Sonia Gandhi Whip in Rajya Sabha and the former Environment Minister, Mr. Jairam Ramesh, penned a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla opposing the proposal to refer the Bill to a...
