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English Release 18-June 2013
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- Prime Minister's Office
- PM assures all assistance for rescue and relief operations in flood affected Uttarakhand
- Min of Agriculture
- Shri Pawar Calls for Strengthening International Research Institutions, Sharing Knowledge
- Min of Defence
- First C 17 Touches Down in India
- Operation ‘Rahat’ Launched by the IAF
- Ministry of Finance
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India Signs Loan Agreement with World Bank for
US$ 255 Million for National AIDS Control Project-IV
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Government Approves 16 Proposals of Foreign Direct Investment Amounting to About Rs.1646.875 Crore
- Finance Minister Launches Maiden infrastructure Debt fund (IDF) Scheme of IIFCL Mutual Fund for Catalysing Investment in Infrastructure Sector; FM for Mobilsation of Resources From Insurance and Pension Sector for IDFs
- Min of Home Affairs
- Encounter between CPI (Maoist) and Security Forces in Jharkhand
- Rescue & Relief Operations in Flood Affected Areas of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh
- Min of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
- Girija Vyas takes charge as New Minister for Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation
- Min of Information & Broadcasting
- I&B Minister and Chinese Information Minister inaugurate Chinese Film Festival
- Min of Labour & Employment
- Shish Ram Ola Takes over as New Union Minister Labour and Employment Minister
- Min of Petroleum & Natural Gas
- International crude oil price of Indian Basket increases 104.15/US$ bbl on 17.6.2013
- Ministry of Railways
- Indian Railways Carry 171.91 Million Tonnes of Freight During April – May 2013
- Min of Road Transport & Highways
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New Materials and Technology to be used for Road Construction
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Shri Oscar Farnandes is New Minister for Road Transport and Highways
- Min of Social Justice & Empowerment
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Shri Manikrao H. Gavit Takes Charge as Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment
- Ministry of Tourism
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Turkish Ambassador Calls on Tourism Minister
- Ministry of Water Resources
- Harish Rawat Expresses Satisfaction Over the Rescue Operation and Relief Works in the Flood Affected Areas
- Planning Commission
- Gujarat Plan for 2013-14 Finalized
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Ministry of Agriculture18-May, 2012 16:23 IST
| Availability of Organic Produce Increasing in the Country |
The Government is promoting organic farming through various schemes such as National Project on Organic Farming (NPOF), National Horticulture Mission (NHM), Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) and Horticulture Mission for North East & Himalayan States (HMNEH).
Activities like capacity building, input production, technology transfer and awareness campaign are being supported under these schemes/programmes.
These initiatives have helped increased availability of organic produce in the country.
Government had set up a Task Force in 2001 for promotion of organic farming in the country. Based on its recommendation, National Centre on Organic Farming and its six regional centres became operational during 2004. During 2008, Government constituted an " Expert Committee for Promotion of Organic Farming". Based on its recommendation, quality control regime for various organic inputs and farmer group centric certification system "PGS¬-India" were introduced in National Project on Organic Farming scheme.
This information was given by Shri Harish Rawat, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.
MP:SB: CP: availablity (18.5.2012)
(Release ID :84129)
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