‘Pak creating unnecessary controversies on IWT’ Excelsior Correspondent KATHUA, Jan 28 : Accusing Pakistan of creating unnecessary controversies over Indus Water Treaty (IWT), Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh today made it clear that the Treaty does not debar India to make water for non consumption use. Talking to reporters here today on the sidelines of inauguration of two-day young Start-Up Conclave, Dr Jitendra Singh alleged that the neighboring country has from time to […]
Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Nov 9: Maintaining that UT of Jammu & Kashmir and other Himalayan States have huge unexplored potential of Agritech StartUps, Union Minister in PMO with Independent Charge of Science & Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh today said these States will be major contributors to India’s future economy. Inaugurating the Start-Up summit here today, the Union Minister said J&K has huge unexplored potential of Agri-tech StartUps as the geographical and climatic conditions here favour the cultivation of medicinal and […]
March 01, 2021
× A farmers’ producer organisation, Shri Balaji Farmers Producers Company Ltd, and Kolkata-based multinational conglomerate ITC Ltd have agreed to work together for procurement, aggregation and buyback of quality-IPM and organic cumin (jeera) from small farmers of Jaitran tehsil of Pali district of Rajasthan.
This collaboration is an outcome of Department of Biotechnology (DBT)-South Asia Biotechnology Centre’s Biotech Kisan Hub project, which is promoting integrated pest management (IPM) and good agriculture practice (GAP) among cumin farmers in Western Rajasthan.
“Our farmers will benefit by this collaboration with ITC and we will get premium price for IPM and organic cumin produced by most backward farmers of our region,” said Rambharos Gurjar, CEO of Shri Balaji FPC, in a statement.