Agriculture
SASE develops technology to delay snow melting
Glaciologists of Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE) have claimed to develop technology that can delay snow melting. If SASE proved its claim then...
Chief Minister Launches e-CST and SMS alert Service
Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal launched e-CST and SMS alerts service to the tax payers of State Excise and Taxation Department. Chief Minister congratulated the...
Narinder Bragta demands hike in import duty on apple
To protect the interest of Himachal apple growers, Horticulture Minister Narinder Bragta demanded a substantial hike in import duty on apple. In Vidhan Sabha,...
Himachal gets national award in horticulture
Himachal Pradesh has been declared the Best State in the Country for ‘Adoption of Integrated Approach in the Field of Horticulture’, by Union Ministry...
Amity scientists claim to develop fungus that increases crop productivity
Director General, Amity Institute of Training and Development (AITD) K. S. Bains claimed that scientists from Amity University Noida have discovered a cultivable mycorrhiza...
State is fast moving towards adopting the universal carton: Narinder Bragta
Horticulture Minister Narinder Bragta said that State is fast moving towards adopting the universal carton. To make it possible in the State Bragta had...
Committee to be constituted for viable use of standard universal cartons
Horticulture Minister Narinder Bragta said that State Government would constitute a Committee as per international standards for making viable use of standard universal cartons....
Apple Growers condemn fertiliser prices hike
The Himachal Seb Utpadak Sangh has condemned the steep hike in the prices of fertilisers and the failure of the government to make arrangements...
Apple imports increasing steadily, Himachal Apple could face marketing wows
Apple production in the apple producing states of the country may have fluctuated over the last three years, but imports are steadily rising and...
Government releases Rs 12.10 cr for apple procured under MIS
Himachal Pradesh Government released Rs. 12.10cr for clearing the payment of apple procured under Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) during the year 2010. With this,...
Vidya Stokes for law to standardise apple grading
Apples are the source of earning of the Agriculturists in Shimla, Kullu & Kinnaur. Every year, growers produce tons of apples, but do not...
HP signs MOU for direct market linkage for agriculture and horticulture...
Himachal Pradesh Government represented by the Himachal Pradesh Horticultural Produce Marketing and Processing Corporation Ltd. (HPMC) today signed an MOU at New Delhi with...
