Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani will be in Delhi on Thursday, July 18 to attend the first meeting of Niti Aayog's High Powered Committee of Chief Ministers for Transformation of Indian Agriculture. State officials K.Kailashnathan and Sanjay Prasad will join the CM in this visit. The nine-member committee, including chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat, will submit its report within two months. Prime Minister Narendra Modi while...Read More

Ahmedabad: To save paddy (dangar) crop in wake of delayed monsoon, the Gujarat government has taken a decision to release Narmada waters for 45-days from July 15 in Fatehwadi and Kharikat canals of Ahmedabad district. In total, per day 3109 MCFT Narmada waters would be released in Fatehwadi canal for 25,000 hectare land of Daskroi, Sanand, Bavla, Dholka and Viramgam tehsils and in Kharikat canal for 4,500 hectare land of Daskroi, Bareja, and Matar tehsils from July 15 to August 24. DeshGujara...Read More

Ahmedabad/Anand: In the wake of the grave threat of a new dangerous pest,the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda), which has entered in to various parts of India from Africa, to crops especially maize, a awareness workshop was organized for the farmers of Gujarat at Anand Agriculture University today. Dhanuka Agritech Ltd, a leading agrochemical company, and Anand Agriculture University organized a day-long workshop ‘ Suraksha Sankalp’ on dealing with the threat of Fall Armyworm...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Government of India has paid Rs. 1,131 crore for assistance to 28 lakh farmers of Gujarat under Pradhanmantri Kisan Sanman Yojana (PM-Kisan), Finance Minister Nitin Patel said today while presenting the State budget. In pro-farmer announcement, Nitin Patel said the State government has decided to clear all 1.25 lakh applications that are pending at present for agricultural power connection in next one year, before Rath Yatra of year 2020. He said the State government has...Read More

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday set up a high-powered committee of chief ministers for ‘Transformation of Indian Agriculture. The panel would discuss measures for transformation of agriculture and raising farmers’ income and suggest modalities for adoption and time bound implementation of following reforms by states or union territories. It would also examine various provisions of Essential Commodity Act (ECA), 1955 and situations that require ECA. To suggest changes i...Read More

Unjha: A new, modern APMC yard of Unjha will come up at Brahmanvada village. It will have world-class facilities. It will be developed at a cost of Rs. 37 crore. The State government has given a piece of land worth Rs. 69 crore for this market yard at discounted rate of just Rs. 4.76 crore, State Chief Minister said today at foundation stone laying ceremony for new market yard complex in presence of state chief minister, Dy chief minister and state BJP president among others. The market ...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Department of Agriculture, Gujarat has commenced legal action against pesticide-laced spurious mosquito repellent incense sticks and condemned its manufacturing and selling in the state. The Agriculture Department along with Home Insect Control Association (HICA) raided plants of 5 illegal incense sticks manufacturers located in Ahmedabad, Baroda and Rajkot. These companies manufacture unapproved and pesticide-laced mosquito repellent incense sticks like Purelax, Killer Citronella...Read More

By staff writer, Gandhidham (Kutch): In an incident that has refreshed the memory of the alleged groundnut procurement scam of 2017, sacks of groundnut mixed with large quantity of soil were found in a godown here today. A team of market yard merchants raided one Shanti godown here where sacks filled with soil mixed groundnut were found. The raid was conducted on the information by the president of Saurashtra Marketing Yard Merchants Association Atul Kamani. The ground...Read More