India needs another Green Revolution, says PM

September 26th, 2009 Young Chinese opt for Red Guard look in weddingsHANGZHOU, China — Sun Fengqing is not getting married in a white dress, or even a traditional cheongsam. She's going to wear a green military outfit with a Red Star on her hat and a Mao Zedong badge — the uniform of the young Red Guard from China's Cultural Revolution.

September 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A unique "Green Jobs Fair" was inaugurated Thursday here to create a national movement for a "green economic revolution" to combat climate change in a better way. Over 100 organisations working on sustainability, ranging from traditional firms such as a property developer looking for an energy efficiency expert to NGOs working on environmental policy, are participating in the fair.

September 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With East Africa reeling under a severe drought, India offered all possible help and assistance in spurring a green revolution in Tanzania. Tanzanian Prime Minister Mizengo K.

September 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Terming the death of agricultural scientist and Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug as the end of an era, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday described him as one with a towering intellect who helped millions of people escape from a life of hunger and deprivation. With the passing away of Norman Borlaug an era has ended, in which he spearheaded a scientific revolution in agriculture, the prime minister said in a message.

September 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Monday condoled the passing away of Nobel Laureate Dr. Norman Borlaug.

September 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Sunday mourned the death of eminent American agricultural scientist and Nobel laureate Norman E. Borlaug, who helped pioneer the Green Revolution in India.

July 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sunday said the US and India will explore new areas of cooperation in agriculture which she described as one of the five pillars of their strategic partnership. Agriculture is one of our five pillars of discussions.

July 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The drizzle stopped and the sun came out as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived at an agricultural research institute Sunday to watch some paddy sowing and speak on Indo-US farm cooperation - from under the shade of a mulberry tree. "Look at the co-incidence - Hillary under a mulberry," quipped a senior scientist at the National Agricultural Science Centre (NASC) on Pusa Road, watching Clinton standing along with Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar under the dense shade of a dark green mulberry tree at the institute campus.

July 19th, 2009 GURGAON - An eco-friendly building near the Indian capital Sunday got a big thumbs-up from US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who equated it with well-known monuments like the Taj Mahal and India Gate. We know that there are wonderful monuments throughout India from the India Gate to the Taj Mahal.

July 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian Railways have decided to run special trains for perishables and set up cold storages and temperature-controlled cargo centres in an effort to eliminate food wastage and contribute to India's second green revolution. "Railways will encourage creation of facilities of setting up cold storage and temperature-controlled perishable cargo centres and its transportation through public-private partnership mode," Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee said while presenting the rail budget in the Lok Sabha Friday.

June 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Inaugurating the golden jubilee celebrations of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), President Pratibha Patil Tuesday hoped the state refiner would continue to expand production to increase the country's energy security. As Indian Oil owns and operates 10 of India's 20 refineries, accounting for 34 percent of the national refining capacity, I am sure that the nation can count on its contribution in increasing production, Patil said in her address at a function here.

June 24th, 2009 HALDIA - After the Green Revolution and White Revolution, a food processing revolution is the need of the hour for India to solve "major problems of unemployment, rural poverty and deprivation", Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Wednesday. After Green Revolution and White Revolution, there is need for translating into reality another revolution, that is the revolution in the food processing industry.

May 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Sharad Chandra Govindrao Pawar was back at Krishi Bhavan here Monday as the cabinet minister in charge of agriculture, food, public distribution and consumer affairs - the same portfolios he had held in the previous government. He got down to work, presiding over a meeting with key officials, during which he called for a second green revolution in the country - an initiative in mid-1970s and 1980s that combined irrigation and better seeds to make India self-sufficient in food production.

April 11th, 2009 KOCHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday condemned the Left for not cooperating with the Central Government during negotiations for the crucial nuclear deal with the US. Addressing his first election rally here after recovering from a heart bypass surgery, Dr.

January 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With Barack Obama taking over as the US President Tuesday, a leading industry lobby has identified five areas that it hopes the new leadership will address to deepen India-US synergy. The wish list prepared by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) includes support to the nuclear deal signed between the two nations, and enhanced role of Indian companies in America's healthcare and software sector.