Maharashtra agriculture department takes action to curb black marketing of urea in Konkan | Mumbai News

Thane: State agriculture department has intensified surveillance and enforcement measures across the Konkan region to curb alleged diversion and black marketing of subsidised urea meant for farmers, officials said on Friday. The move comes amid concerns that neem-coated urea, supplied at subsidised rates for agricultural use, is being diverted for industrial purposes due to a…

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Govt adopts scientific disposal of dead wildlife | Goa News

Panaji: Goa govt has put in place a formal, structured mechanism to ensure that carcasses of wild animals are handled and disposed of scientifically.The forest department has constituted a dedicated committee to oversee the disposal of wild animal carcasses in accordance with scientific protocols laid down by Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change.Chief…

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MD oncologists in Gujarat risk exclusion under new PM-JAY rule | Ahmedabad News

Ahmedabad: A new eligibility rule under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) is quietly threatening to upend cancer care across Gujarat, by barring hundreds of experienced oncologists from treating the scheme’s patients.The revised recruitment and empanelment norms require oncology specialists to hold doctorate of medicine (DM), magister chirurgiae (MCh) or doctorate of national board…

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