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Organic Fertilizers / Natural Manures

What is organic fertilizers ? Organic fertilizers are natural materials, which is derived from by-product of the plant & animals or plant and animal itself  e.g. farm yard manure (FYM), compost, vermicompost, cattle dung, sewage and sludge, oil cake and excrete of other animals play an important role in maintaining soil fertility through their effects […]

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Evolution of Organic Farming in India :

Organic farming was evolved in India from ~4000 years ago. It was developed with nature of demand and time. This traditional farming in India was part of great Indian Civilization and one of the most prosperous countries in the world, till English ruled it. Traditionally in India, the entire agricultural practices was based on organic

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Iron-steel Industry in India :

Out of the Eight core Industries, Iron-steel industry one of the heavy core industry in India. Steel industry directly contributes 1.4 to 2% to India’s GDP & its weightage in the official Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is 7.22% and accounts for 7.33% of the Wholesale Price Index (WPI). Iron-steel industry is the raw material

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