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Thoothukudi pushes efforts for mangrove restoration after 2023 floods
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Floods in 2023 washed away seeds planted for a new 70-hectare mangrove forest in Thoothukudi, but restoration efforts continue.
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Performance-based grant of Rs 19,612 cr allocated to 131 cities for clean
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Minister Yadav highlighted the creation of 3,776 hectares of Nagar Van/Vatikas under the Nagar Van Yojana in 64 NCAP cities with Rs 142 crore sanctioned, encouraging other cities to utilise this scheme to develop green spaces.
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Kharif planting in India registers 1.91 pc increase
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
India's Kharif crop sowing is progressing steadily, with farmers planting crops across 1,087.33 lakh hectares so far, a 1.91 per cent increase, as against 1,066.89 lakh hectares from the same period last year.
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Assam: Anti-elephant seasonal solar fence helps Mirza farmers reap good ha
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
A low-cost solar fence that has protected standing crops on three hectares of crop field from depredation by wild elephants at the Mirza area in the Kamrup district of Assam has immensely boosted paddy harvest by local farmers in the last harvesting season.
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MP cabinet grants administrative approval for irrigation project worth ove
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The approved project will benefit 132 villages (irrigation area 28,192 hectares) of Chitrangi tehsil and 10 villages (irrigation area 3,933 hectares) of Devsar tehsil of Singrauli district.
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Gujarat: Karmayogis plant tree saplings under 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' campaig
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Under the guidance of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Kheda district officials and employees created a 'Karmayogi Van' by planting approximately 4,000 saplings of various plant species over 1.90 hectares in Survey Number 386 of Piplag village in Kheda.
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India's kharif crop sowing continues to outpace previous year's figures; p
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Farmers in India have sown Kharif crops across 979.89 lakh hectares so far this year, as against 966.40 lakh hectares in the same period of last year, according to the latest data from the Agriculture Ministry.
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Assam: HaatiApp launched, solar manual unveiled to mitigate Human-Elephant
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Both the App and the manual are meant for mitigation of the raging Human-Elephant Conflict (HEC) in Assam and other parts of the region to facilitate coexistence.
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Amit Shah highlights substantial growth in sugarcane cultivation, ethanol
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Shah said, "In 2013-14, the area under sugarcane cultivation was 5 million hectares, and today, in the tenth year, we have successfully expanded it to 6 million hectares, marking an 18 percent increase. Sugarcane production, which was 352 million tonnes, has now reached 491 million tonnes
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LG Saxena gives nod for entire land parcel of 54.89 hectares for Industria
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has approved the re-notification of the entire land area measuring 54.89 hectares of Baprola Industrial Area to be developed as 'Industrial Park' under the Delhi Industrial Development, Operation and Maintenance (DIDOM) Act, 2010.
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Himachal Pradesh to launch Rs 150 crore HIM-UNNATI scheme to boost natural
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Himachal Pradesh State Government has unveiled a new initiative, the HIM-UNNATI scheme, aimed at promoting natural farming across the state. With an allocation of Rs 150 crore, this scheme will bolster the efforts of approximately 1.92 lakh farmers already practicing chemical-free farmin
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Assam: HaatiApp to help communities coexist with elephants, reduce conflic
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Aaranyak, a leading biodiversity conservation organisation in Guwahati, has developed a mobile application for everyone, including the grassroots community, to help mitigate the ongoing Human-Elephant Conflict (HEC) and promote coexistence in the state of Assam and the rest of the region.
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