Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman Lays the Foundation Stone of Sub Office of Export Inspection Council at Vishakhapatnam
Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman Lays the Foundation Stone of Sub Office of Export Inspection Council at Vishakhapatnam
Commending the role of Commerce Ministry in facilitating the export trade from India, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce and Industry, has said that “We are going to conduct the India International Seafood Show in Visakhapatnam. She assured that whatever support is required to facilitate the export trade the commerce ministry will provide to develop the region.
While laying the foundation stone of Sub Office and Laboratory Complex of Export Inspection Council at Vishakahapatnam, she informed that this office complex in particular will be supported with state of the art laboratory infrastructure with latest facilities and sophisticated instruments is expected to meet the analytical requirements of seafood industries at Visakhapatnam, and save time and cost of transportation. She also assured that Export inspection Council should get the building ready at earliest by 2017.
The ceremony was attended by Sri Ganta Srinivasa Rao, Minister for Human Resource Development, Government of Andhra Pradesh and Dr. K. Haribabu, Member of Parliament, Visakhapatnam and officers from local authorities, office bearer of seafood exporters association and several distinguished exporters.
Export Inspection Council (EIC) of India, under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, along with its filed agencies Exports Inspection Agencies (EIAs) located across the country with a network of 30 sub offices (SO) are responsible for the quality control and inspection of notified commodities from India. On this 50th year of its inception today EIA Chennai SO Visakhapatnam celebrated its foundation stone laying ceremony.
The Export Inspection Council (EIC) was set up by the Government of India under Section 3 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963, in order to ensure sound development of export trade of India through Quality Control and Inspection and for matters connected thereof. The Export Inspection Agency – Chennai, one of the 5 regional offices of EIC, was established in 1965 under section 7 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963 to cater to the needs of exporter fraternity for the state of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. Visakhapatnam, one of the 7 sub-offices under EIA Chennai, was established in 1973, is rendering service to the export trade for the past 42 years.
The current office is supported by a small microbiological testing facility. In order to strengthen the infrastructure in this region, this initiative was taken and to achieve the ultimate goal of serving the export trade community effectively, and developing trust among its trading partners to achieve global recognition.
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While laying the foundation stone of Sub Office and Laboratory Complex of Export Inspection Council at Vishakahapatnam, she informed that this office complex in particular will be supported with state of the art laboratory infrastructure with latest facilities and sophisticated instruments is expected to meet the analytical requirements of seafood industries at Visakhapatnam, and save time and cost of transportation. She also assured that Export inspection Council should get the building ready at earliest by 2017.
The ceremony was attended by Sri Ganta Srinivasa Rao, Minister for Human Resource Development, Government of Andhra Pradesh and Dr. K. Haribabu, Member of Parliament, Visakhapatnam and officers from local authorities, office bearer of seafood exporters association and several distinguished exporters.
Export Inspection Council (EIC) of India, under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, along with its filed agencies Exports Inspection Agencies (EIAs) located across the country with a network of 30 sub offices (SO) are responsible for the quality control and inspection of notified commodities from India. On this 50th year of its inception today EIA Chennai SO Visakhapatnam celebrated its foundation stone laying ceremony.
The Export Inspection Council (EIC) was set up by the Government of India under Section 3 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963, in order to ensure sound development of export trade of India through Quality Control and Inspection and for matters connected thereof. The Export Inspection Agency – Chennai, one of the 5 regional offices of EIC, was established in 1965 under section 7 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963 to cater to the needs of exporter fraternity for the state of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. Visakhapatnam, one of the 7 sub-offices under EIA Chennai, was established in 1973, is rendering service to the export trade for the past 42 years.
The current office is supported by a small microbiological testing facility. In order to strengthen the infrastructure in this region, this initiative was taken and to achieve the ultimate goal of serving the export trade community effectively, and developing trust among its trading partners to achieve global recognition.
National Research Centre on Integrated Farming at East Champaran District Bihar
The foundation stone laying ceremony of National Research Centre on Integrated Farming (ICAR-NRCIF) was held today, Pipra Kothi, East Champaran district, Bihar. Union Minister of Agriculture, Shri Radha Mohan Singh was the Chief Guest on the occasion.
Inaugurating the National Integrated Agriculture Research Centre, Shri Radha Mohan Singh said that the new institute will be dedicated to the welfare of the farmers in the region. The mandate of the institute will be to conduct research on the development of location specific integrated farming system models for diverse agro-ecological conditions specially flood and wetland situation with emphasis on rice, sugarcane and banana which require more water. Agriculture Minister expressed hope that the institute will bear the responsibility of developing integrated models for whole of the region so that the food and nutritional security of people is secured. He declared that KVKs will be strengthened across the country for accelerating the lab to land programme.
Progressive farmers and entrepreneurs from the region including seven women farmers, who have excelled in cultivation of mushroom, banana cultivation and rice production were felicitated by the Minister. On the occasion, Dr S. Ayyappan, DG, ICAR and Secretary, DARE welcomed all dignitaries and farmers and apprised about the mandate of the newly established institute.
On this occasion, a Kishan Gosthi on Integrated Farming and one Exhibition on agriculture were also organised by ICAR. The programme was attended by more than 3000 farmers from East Champaran and neighbouring districts and a large numbers of entrepreneurs, scientists and social workers.
Inaugurating the National Integrated Agriculture Research Centre, Shri Radha Mohan Singh said that the new institute will be dedicated to the welfare of the farmers in the region. The mandate of the institute will be to conduct research on the development of location specific integrated farming system models for diverse agro-ecological conditions specially flood and wetland situation with emphasis on rice, sugarcane and banana which require more water. Agriculture Minister expressed hope that the institute will bear the responsibility of developing integrated models for whole of the region so that the food and nutritional security of people is secured. He declared that KVKs will be strengthened across the country for accelerating the lab to land programme.
Progressive farmers and entrepreneurs from the region including seven women farmers, who have excelled in cultivation of mushroom, banana cultivation and rice production were felicitated by the Minister. On the occasion, Dr S. Ayyappan, DG, ICAR and Secretary, DARE welcomed all dignitaries and farmers and apprised about the mandate of the newly established institute.
On this occasion, a Kishan Gosthi on Integrated Farming and one Exhibition on agriculture were also organised by ICAR. The programme was attended by more than 3000 farmers from East Champaran and neighbouring districts and a large numbers of entrepreneurs, scientists and social workers.
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Kharif Crop Sowing Crosses 938 Lakh Hectares
The total sown area under kharif crops as on 21th August, 2015 stands at has reached to 938.41 lakh hectares as compared to 929.48 lakh hectare last year at this time.
Rice has been sown/transplanted in 333.65 lakh hectares, pulses in 101.96 lakh hectare, coarse cereals in 167.69 lakh hectare, oilseeds in 168.25 lakh hectare and cotton in 110.23 lakh hectare.
The details of the area covered so far and that covered during last year this time given as follows:
Lakh hectare
Crop
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Area sown in 2015-16
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Area sown in 2014-15
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Rice
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332.09
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Pulses
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101.96
|
92.57
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Coarse Cereals
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167.69
|
162.27
|
Oilseeds
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168.25
|
168.45
|
Sugarcane
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48.84
|
47.17
|
Jute & Mesta
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7.80
|
8.13
|
Cotton
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110.23
|
118.81
|
Total
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938.41
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929.48
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