Agriculture
- Pakistan Hopes For Date Export
The Director General of the Sindh Board of Investment has stated that Sindh dates have huge potential in international markets, should they receive some investment. A trade mission led by the Sindh Board of Investment, consisting of date palm growers...
- Recharge Of Groundwater In Punjab
?Water? is a State subject, therefore, State Governments are primarily responsible for taking necessary measures for ground water management. As per information received from the State Government, following measures have been taken by Government of Punjab...
- Skill Development Projects To Help Poor Rural Youth
The Union Ministry of Rural Development has sanctioned 148 placement linked skill development projects covering more than 400 districts in the country so far. Under the Special Project component of Swaranjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY)/National Rural...
- Government Accords High Priority To Development Of Rainfed Areas
Government has accorded high priority to holistic and sustainable development of rainfed areas. Specific thrust is given for rainfed areas in all major schemes of Ministry of Agriculture. Rainfed Area Development Programme (RADP) introduced in the year...
- Subsidy On Organic Fertilisers
The Government is providing financial assistance for organic manure under the following schemes to States / UTs - (i) Under National Project on Organic Farming (NPOF) financial assistance is provided as credit linked back ended subsidy through NABARD...
Agriculture
Government Implementing R&D Scheme for Stringent Quality and Hygiene Norms in Food Processing Sector
The Ministry of Food Processing Industries is implementing Scheme of Research and Development and Quality Control to enable adherence to stringent quality and hygiene norms to face global competition and export. The Ministry is also providing financial assistance to support research and experiment and adoption of food safety and quality assurance mechanism to keep the Indian food processing industry, technologically abreast of international best practices.
The food processing sector is presently growing at an average rate of 13.5% per annum. The level of processing has gone up by about 4% from existing 6% in 2005 to 10% in 2009 and value addition by 6% from 20% to 26% in the same period both at domestic and international level. The Vision Document 2015 envisages increasing the value addition from 20% to 35% by 2015.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, Dr. Charan Das Mahant in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
MP: SB:CP: norms (Lok) 6.9.2011
(Release ID :75649)
- Pakistan Hopes For Date Export
The Director General of the Sindh Board of Investment has stated that Sindh dates have huge potential in international markets, should they receive some investment. A trade mission led by the Sindh Board of Investment, consisting of date palm growers...
- Recharge Of Groundwater In Punjab
?Water? is a State subject, therefore, State Governments are primarily responsible for taking necessary measures for ground water management. As per information received from the State Government, following measures have been taken by Government of Punjab...
- Skill Development Projects To Help Poor Rural Youth
The Union Ministry of Rural Development has sanctioned 148 placement linked skill development projects covering more than 400 districts in the country so far. Under the Special Project component of Swaranjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY)/National Rural...
- Government Accords High Priority To Development Of Rainfed Areas
Government has accorded high priority to holistic and sustainable development of rainfed areas. Specific thrust is given for rainfed areas in all major schemes of Ministry of Agriculture. Rainfed Area Development Programme (RADP) introduced in the year...
- Subsidy On Organic Fertilisers
The Government is providing financial assistance for organic manure under the following schemes to States / UTs - (i) Under National Project on Organic Farming (NPOF) financial assistance is provided as credit linked back ended subsidy through NABARD...