The main reason for the earthquakes in India is the tectonic movement. The Indian plate is continuously hitting at Asia plate at a rate of approximately 47 mm/year (anticlockwise).
Dampier-Hodges line is an imaginary line drawn in 1829-1830 to mark the northern boundary of Sundarbans delta. It passes through 24 Parganas South and North districts of West Bengal.
This National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) is under Commerce ministry, but Secretariat assistance by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority’ (APEDA).