Kakinada, Jan 18th: The Agriculture department of East Godavari district is taking effective steps to increase the yield from both paddy and pulses in the rabi season, as it could not get the expected yield during the kharif season because of drought. Besides taking more care for paddy cultivation in some selected areas in the district of 60 mandals, the officials and scientists are engaged in persuading the farmers, particularly those who were not able to cultivate paddy due to non availability of water, to grow alternative crops like pulses, including green gram and red gram.
Apart from this, it also started organizing awareness camps in the effective and scientific methods of cultivation and motivating the farmers to utilize all the farmer friendly welfare schemes for better results. The department was aiming to organize nearly 135 'Polambadi' programs in the rabi season for the farmers to teach them effective methods for better results. The joint director of agriculture, Mr. T. Nandaiah said that till now 40 percent of the transplantation in 80,000 hectares of paddy cultivation was completed in the rabi season. The rest of the work would be completed by the end of this month.
Apart from this, it also started organizing awareness camps in the effective and scientific methods of cultivation and motivating the farmers to utilize all the farmer friendly welfare schemes for better results. The department was aiming to organize nearly 135 'Polambadi' programs in the rabi season for the farmers to teach them effective methods for better results. The joint director of agriculture, Mr. T. Nandaiah said that till now 40 percent of the transplantation in 80,000 hectares of paddy cultivation was completed in the rabi season. The rest of the work would be completed by the end of this month.
Low response to Dial Your Collector Posted on 19-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 18th: One of the effective approaches of lodging complaints about the governments programs and peoples problems to the officials concerned called Dial Your Collector is receiving poor response from the public. The collector Gopalakrishna Dwevedi received only 19 complaints on Mond...
Increase in tax on four wheelers Posted on 19-Jan-2010
Hyderabad, Jan 18th: The state government on Monday approved an increase in the lifetime tax on four-wheelers but spared two-wheelers from the hike. There will be two tax slabs for four-wheelers. Vehicles costing more than Rs 10 lakh will pay a lifetime tax of 14 per cent of the value of the car and ...
Universities to face competition Posted on 19-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 18th: The Universities functioning in the country would have to face a stiff competition from foreign universities to be established in India in the near future, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada, Vice-Chancellor Professor Allam Appa Rao said on Monday. Addressing a pr...
Hi-speed boat for Coast Guard Posted on 20-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 18th: A high speed boat, built at the ABG shipyard in Surat, was commissioned at a function at the Indian Coast Guard, Kakinada station on Jan 18. Coast Guard Deputy Inspector General A Talha said the boat, which could sail at a speed of 45 nautical miles per hour, would guard the entir...
Techie's wife ends life Posted on 20-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 19th: A twenty three year old women, Muddunuri Vasavi (23) committed suicide by consuming poison after suspecting her husband was involved in an extramarital affair here on Wednesday. She was immediately admitted at the government general hospital, Kakinada wherein the doctors declared ...
SHG women fail to repay loans Posted on 20-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 19th: The women self help group (SHG) bank linkage program has been affected this year due to default in repayments by beneficiaries in East Godavari. The bankers are reluctant to continue financing for the scheme meant for womens uplift. The program enabled the district to stand in the...
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