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Byline: shiv03 The Puducherry government has sought Rs 350 crore from the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for infrastructure development work, including construction of rural roads, school buildings, storm water canals and augmentatation of drinking water supply.

Summary: A global insurance agreement was signed Thursday in Algiers between the Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (BADR) and the National Mutual Agriculture Fund (CNMA) to increase equipment supply for farmers.

The North's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has alerted authorities here.

The group, considered a Maoist outfit, ransacked the offices of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development at Kalpetta and Kannur on Friday morning.

It is administered by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in conjunction with Invest NI and is part of the Northern Ireland Programme for Building Sustainable Prosperity.

EU agriculture and rural development commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel insists European taxpayers' money has to be properly spent.

The results of a recent study of Johnes Disease in cattle will be presented by SAC vet, Alistair Greig, while marketing and beef quality issues will be addressed by Jim Walker, chairman, Quality Meat Scotland (Scotch Beef raised the way you want it), Jonathan Birnie, Partnership in Livestock manager, Sainsbury's (Sainsbury's perspective on partnerships between producers and retailers) and Steven Johnston from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), Northern Ireland (Beef Quality Initiative).

Byline: babalu03 The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has reduced its interest rates on refinance for investment credit by 0.