On Thursday, residents of Singla tea estate in Assam's Hailakandi district prevented forest department officials from felling a valuable and endangered agar tree, the largest in Assam. SILCHAR: On ...

Agartala: Tripura CM Manik Saha on Thursday said the state govt is investing Rs 27.42 crore to build an integrated agarwood cluster under the PM DevINE project, aimed at assisting over 7,000 women and ...

Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Friday said that the state government is establishing an integrated agarwood cluster with an investment of Rs 27.42 crore under the PM DevINE scheme, which is ...

The primary source of agarwood and one of the world’s most expensive trees, the evergreen agar tree (Aquilaria malaccensis Lam) is a step away from extinction in the wild. In Assam, reputed to be ...

Agar farming by the private sector is changing the lifestyles of many people in the Sylhet region. It is changing the economic landscape of the area and at least 30,000 people are now earning a ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Agartala, Sep 10 (IANS) The Tripura government has taken initiative for obtaining Geographical Indication (GI) tags for Agar tree in state Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister ...

Guwahati: In what is going to give a boost to the perfume industry in Assam, the state government has removed restriction on agar tree cultivation on non-forest land and its sale, paving the way for a ...

New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): Trade in "liquid gold" Agarwood, among the most commercially prized plant species globally, is now becoming a lucrative venture in Assam, the land famed for its ...

The Tripura government has announced to generate an annual income of Rs 2,000 crore by 2025 from agar (Aquilaria malaccensis), an evergreen tree, abandoned in northeastern hills of South Asia, said ...

The first-ever two-day Buyer-Seller Meet on the Agarwood Products of Tripura concluded at Agartala on Wednesday. The meet, aimed at building an economically viable Agarwood industry in Tripura, was ...

Department of Forest (FD) has taken an agar plantation programme in the name of creating social forestation on 25 hectares of land in Rangamati, threatening livelihood of 50 indigenous poor families.