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National Dairy Plan

The National Dairy Plan is implemented by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DADF). The World Bank provides financial assistance to the plan. It is implemented in...

April 21, 2013

Fundamentals of Foreign Investments

Any investment in India which has its source any other country than India is Foreign Investment. The foreign money can be invested in India by Foreign Corporate and nationals or Non Resident Indians....

March 8, 2013

Route Dispersal Guidelines

The core philosophy behind the route dispersal guidelines is that via these, the government makes the airline operators accept the social obligation to fly to the northeast and...

March 8, 2013

Disinvestment & Related Issues

Disinvestment and Privatization are two different terms in technical sense, though both involve the sale of Government’s share in the Public Sector Undertakings. The term privatization is used for...

March 8, 2013

Index of Industrial Production (IIP)

The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is an abstract number or ratio which measures the growth of various sectors in the economy. In India, IIP is a representative...

September 25, 2011

Rubber Production in India

Commercial cultivation of natural rubber was introduced in India by the British. Although, the experimental efforts to grow rubber on a commercial scale in India were initiated as...

June 11, 2011

Tea Board of India

In 1903 Indian Tea Cess Bill was passed which provided for levying a cess on tea exports – the proceeds of which were to be used for the...

June 11, 2011

Darjeeling Tea

Darjeeling Tea aka the Champagne of Teas is cultivated, grown, produced, manufactured and processed in certain hilly areas of Sadar, Kalimpong, Kurseong, Siliguri and Darjeeling at altitudes ranging...

June 11, 2011

Seed Act 1966

The parliament had passed to Seeds Act 1966 to provide legal framework around seed certification and make good quality seeds available to the cultivators. Under this act Seed...

June 10, 2011

Breeder Seeds, Foundation Seeds and Certified Seeds

Seeds are basic and critical input for enhancing agricultural production and productivity. The seeds which seeds companies sell in the market and our farmers grow are commonly “certified...

June 10, 2011

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