Madhya Pradesh accounts for nearly 40 per cent of the total area under certified organic farming in the country. Though most of it is due to cotton fields, the state has an immense potential to bring even food crops under organic cultivation.

What may help the state’s cause is that agriculture is already organic by default in many tribal-dominated districts because farmers either don't have the resources to use chemical fertilizers or lack access to them.

With the monsoon expected in a week

The recommendations of the Group of Ministers on the Bhopal gas tragedy have left activists campaigning on behalf of the survivors disappointed.

While they welcomed the announcement related to enhanced compensation, they felt the GoM had been soft on Dow Chemicals by agreeing to allocate Rs 300 crore on its own for the clean-up of the site, for now.

The Madhya Pradesh government remained in denial mode for years about the declining number of tigers in Panna till the wild cat went locally extinct, but its new Forest Minister has brought some hope for the beleaguered Park with his plain speak.