The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Government of India is taking several measures to facilitate the farmers and farming activities at field level during COVID 19 pandemic. There has been satisfactory progress of sowing area coverage under Kharif crops, the status of which is given as under: Rice: About 321.79 lakh ha area coverage under … Read more
The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Government of India is taking several measures to facilitate the farmers and farming activities at field level during COVID 19 pandemic. There has been satisfactory progress of sowing area coverage under Kharif crops, the status of which is given as under: Sowing Area Coverage of … Read more
In a major decision to boost affordable housing, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has approved the revision of the carpet area of houses eligible for interest subsidy. The carpet area for MIG I category houses has been raised from 120 square metre to 160 square metre while that of MIG II category houses … Read more
The carpet area of a house has been enhanced to 160 sq m from 120 sq m for Middle Income Group-I (MIG-I), while it has been increased to 200 sq m from 150 sq m in case of MIG-II. The new rules will be effective from January 1, 2017, the date on which the scheme … Read more
Jammu: A leopard strayed in a residential area in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district triggering panic among the locals, but was later captured. “We had received several complaints from the locals about the presence of a leopard. The animal was reportedly on the prowl in Khari area of Gundana tehsil and killed many livestock,” Senior … Read more
