The Sikkim government has undertaken several new policies to ensure the development of the state’s tourism sector. It is presently focusing on rural tourism to create sustainable livelihood options for rural citizens. The participation of the private sector is encouraged by the government. Alpine ...
National Seeds Corporation Ltd. (NSC) is a Schedule ‘B’-Miniratna Category-I company, which is owned by the Indian government and operates under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. It is undertaking the production of certified seeds of nearly 600 varieties. Pradeep Kumar Patnaik, Dy...
Dr. Udit Raj, apart from being a Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), is a social activist who has been championing for the rights of the socially marginalised communities. He received the Best Parliamentarian Award in 2018. He is the Chairman of the All India Confederation of SC/ST organisations. Dr. ...
The agricultural sector has its share of problems related to climate change, escalating input costs, and diminishing subsidies. BE’s Isha Chakraborty spoke to Sampad Ranjan Patra, Director of Agriculture & Ex-officio Secretary, Agriculture Department, Government of West Bengal, about this.Q. W...
Anmol Feeds Pvt. Ltd. forayed into the animal feed industry with a single unit in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, in 2000. It now caters to the animal feed requirements of 19 Indian states and is working with more than 10,000 farmers and 1,000 employees. Amit Saraogi, Managing Director, Anmol Feeds Pvt. Ltd., s...
Aquaculture business has expanded all over the world significantly. As capture of fishery has been overexploited, there was significant decline in wild catch of fishes. Consequently, culture fisheries or aquaculture is being emphasized to cater the demand of fish protein and nutritional securi...
With the condition of the farming industry deteriorating with each passing day, the agitation amongst the farmers continues to increase. Dr. A. K. Nandi, Professor and DIC, CCS, Department of Agricultural Economics, BCKV, Nadia, West Bengal, spoke to BE’ s Isha Chakraborty regarding the agitation,...
Torchbearer of Lucknow Gharana Pandit Swaraj Bhattacharaya spoke to Kaushik Chattapadhyay on behalf of BEIn the early part of the 18th century, Siddhar Khan of Delhi was a very talented tabla player. With his imaginative faculty, he developed a systematic solo performance in tabla. Besides Delhi, po...
In Indian politics, there are politicians and then there are statesmen. Somnath Chatterjee, who was associated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) till 2008 was a celebrated parliamentarian and statesman who rose above paltry political differences and commanded respect even from his staunche...
Alcohol is the most common “drug” used and abused in this world. Yes, it’s a drug that has the potential to be beneficial when consumed in moderate quantities and extremely detrimental when abused in large quantities over a long period of time. And it’s a drug and not “foodstuff” since b...