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Agriculture and agro industries remain crucial to India's growing economy. Agriculture and allied sectors contribute nearly 22 per cent of GDP, while about 65-70 per cent of the population is dependent on agriculture for their livelihood. 
Thirty years ago, India saw a landmark "green revolution" that led to the introduction of new technologies and the high-yield variety of seeds, resulting in higher productivity and a dramatic improvement in the living standards of a large number of farmers. 

 

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Advances in agriculture help environment

Washington, June 15 (IANS) Advances in high-yield agriculture have prevented the equivalent of 590 billion metric tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) from escaping into the air, say two Stanford University Earth scientists.

Restoring traditional farming methods to meet food security
By Anjali Ojha

New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Maharashtra's Korku tribe stores grain with dried neem leaves, while the Konda Savara tribe of Andhra Pradesh has an irrigation system where water is diverted through pipes made of banana trunks. These are some examples of local wisdom sustaining agriculture, which will now be backed by a specialised UN agency.

India submits plan on energy subsidy cuts to G-20
Utpal Bhaskar & Sanjiv Shankaran, Mint

New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) India last month submitted to the Group of 20 (G-20) a detailed plan to phase out inefficient energy subsidies, said two people with direct knowledge of the matter.

Some juicy news from India
By Vishal Gulati

Shimla, April 25 (IANS) Here's some sweet and juicy news - cherry growers in Himachal Pradesh, India's northern state, are expecting a bumper crop of the fruit this season owing to favourable weather. Total production is set to touch a record 900 tonnes.

India, US and China consider joint strategic crude oil response
Utpal Bhaskar, Mint

New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) To protect themselves against disruptions in crude oil supplies, India, Japan, China, South Korea and the US will meet in June in Seoul to work on a joint response mechanism based on their combined strategic crude oil reserves. The five nations together account for 44% of global demand.

India to run on Euro III fuel from October
Rajeev Jayaswal, Economic Times

NEW DELHI: India will switch over to Euro-III petrol and diesel on October 1, with the petroleum ministry issuing a fresh deadline for oil companies to sell cleaner fuels.

Emerging glut in LNG market an opportunity for India
Noor Mohammad

New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Global LNG supply is projected to be far in excess of demand in this decade and India should take advantage of this situation to tie up bulk supplies of imported natural gas under long-term contracts. Being a big consumer, India can easily bargain a competitive price. But the moot question is, is India prepared to capitalise on the emerging glut in the world LNG market?

Business not politics dictates IPI gas project

New York, April 2 (IANS) India's Petroleum Ministry has said that a decision on joining the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline should not be governed by politics, although talks have hit roadblocks on issues ranging from pricing of gas to security of the pipeline.

Krishna Godavari basin gas to flow from 2012
Special Correspondent, The Hindu

Chennai, Mar 21 (IANS) Indian Petroleum Secretary S Sundareshan on Saturday said that south India will start getting natural gas from the Krishna-Godavari basin from 2012.

Cairn India discovers more oil in Western India
Economic Times

NEW DELHI: Highly placed sources in the Petroleum Ministry have said that Cairn India has discovered new oil reserves in Rajasthan, a desert province in West India. The company is likely to make an announcement shortly. New oil reserve will increase India's domestic oil production by about 23% in financial year 2011. This essentially means that these reserves are very big.

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