In an attempt to make Assam Atmanirbhar in production of edible oils, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday led the state in joining the movement in producing edible palm oil when he along with Yoga Guru Ramdev planted saplings of oil palm at Saikhowaghat in Tinsukia.
Relentless torrential rains have severely damaged tea plantations in the Bengal foothills. Tea production fell by about 25-30 per cent in the first week in the tea belt of the state, Terai and Dooars region in the Jalpaiguri division, according to tea experts.
The focus was on planting 13 high-value fruit crops such as almonds, pecan nuts, walnut, kiwis, avocados, dragon fruit, Miyazaki mango, dekopon citrus, Macadamia nut, seedless lime, sour sop, agarwood, and coconut.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday launched the web portal and mobile application along with the theme song for the ‘Amrit Brikshya Andolan’, an initiative aimed at planting a total of 1 crore commercially-viable saplings across the state through citizen participation.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 31: Aavas Financiers, a leading affordable housing finance company, has once again reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to environmental sustainability by planting over 22,000 trees on World Nature Conservation Day. This momentous tree plantation drive took
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], July 28: National Engineering Industries Ltd. (NEI) - part of the US$ 2.8 billion CK Birla Group and manufacturer of NBC brand of bearings, India's leading bearings manufacturer, and exporter, has pledged to plant 10,000 trees in Jagatpura, Jaipur in an effort to
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 27: The Government of India under National Mission on Edible Oils – Oil Palm (NMEO-OP) has initiated a Mega Oil Plantation Drive from July 25 to August 5, 2023. To commemorate this initiative, a roundtable was organized in Guwahati. It witnessed participati
Using the advantage of monsoon season as best for the plantation, Special DG Border Security Force (BSF), P V Rama Sastry, IPS, Western Command kick started a massive plantation campaign along the entire Western borders of the country with a target of planting around 12 lakhs saplings on Wed
Coal India’s subsidiary South Eastern Coalfields (SECL) will invest Rs 169 crore on plantation in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh over the next five years, a Ministry of Coal release said Wednesday.