Agriculture
Govt’s faulty policies responsible for apple market crash: Bragta
Shimla: Former Horticulture Minister Narinder Bragta has blamed the state government’s faulty policies towards the apple growers for the steep crash of the apple...
256 MT apples procured under MIS
The HPMC and HIMFED claimed to have procured 255.516 metric tonne apples under Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) upto 25th August, 2014. An official, in a...
New Fertiliser Policy: Union Govt to ban pesticides harmful to bees
The Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers Ananth Kumar has proposed to recommend banning pesticide harmful to the bees to the Department of Agriculture. Ananth Kumar,...
Him Agri Fresh opens CA Store at Balghar in Theog
Shimla: Him Agri Fresh Private Ltd has set up 5,100 metric tonne (MT) capacity controlled atmospheric store (CAS) at Balghar near Sanj in Theog...
Horticulture Dept opens 125 Apple Collection Centres
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh Government has opened 125 collection centres in the State for procurement of ‘C’ grade apple under Market Intervention Scheme (MIS)....
Fruit plant nutrition consultancy service proving boon for horticulturists
Fruit plant nutrition consultancy service being implemented in the State proved beneficial to the fruit growers. Through this consultancy service, the growers are getting...
World Bank funded Horticulture project to complete within six years
Shimla: A World Bank team headed by Manivannan Pathy called on Horticulture Minister Vidya Stokes here today and discussed various issues including Rs. 1000...
GPS to protect vehicles ferrying apples
The Horticulture department has decided to install Global Positioning Systems (GPS) for monitoring of trucks ferrying apple produce. Identity cards would also be issued...
One day Farmer’s meet organises at Nauni under Tribal Service Programme
All India Coordinated Research Project on PHT (Solan Centre) organised One day Farmer’s Meet under Tribal Service Programme (TSP) in the department of Food...
Steps to Make Farming More Profitable
Farm profitability is central to achieve rapid and inclusive agricultural growth and diversification to high value crops such as horticulture and livestock remains the...
HP exempts Goods Carriages to obtain permit for apple transportation
The Himachal Pradesh Government has exempted all Goods carriages coming from neighbouring States from the requirement of obtaining a permit under Section 66(1) of...
Bragta raises apple import issue with Union Finance Minister
Senior BJP leader and former state Horticulture Minister Narinder Bragta, MP Anurag Thakur, Virender Kashyap and Ram Swaroop Sharma today met Union Finance Minister...
