AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
COMMODITIES
Inflation dips on cheaper primary, food articles
THE annual wholesale price index-based inflation rate dipped marginally to 7.38 per cent for the week ended September 25, mainly due to a dip in prices of food items and other primary articles, according to data released by the Ministry of ...
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HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Problems of plenty
A bumper carrot crop in Kerala has led to sharp decline in the farm gate prices of the produce. However, it has yet to reflect on the retail market prices. Wholesalers from places such as Madurai and Ernakulam are buying carrot from farmers in ...
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RUBBER
Rubber declines as buyers keep away
A BEARISH trend prevailed in the spot rubber market while all the grades moved down on Friday. As rains retreated giving scope to intensified tapping, buyers appeared unwilling to enlarge their commitments. RSS 4 closed at Rs 51.50 against Rs ...
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WATER
PM urged to solve Periyar dam issue
FARMERS of five southern districts of Tamil Nadu belonging to the Tamilnadu Vivasayigal Sangam, in a memorandum to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has urged him to resolve the Periyar dam issue by arranging talks between Kerala and Tamil ...
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More water from Mettur reservoir
MADURAI: The discharge of water from the Mettur reservoir for irrigation in the Cauvery delta areas has been stepped up to 13,825 cusecs. While water supply to Cauvery has been stopped, a meagre quantity of water is released from Grand ...
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COTTON
Clean cotton club for quality improvement
PROSPECTS of a perceptible improvement in the quality of cotton supplied by ginning factories to spinning mills have brightened following the creation of a common platform for processors and users of the fibre. A meeting of ginners and spinners ...
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COIR
Rs 417-cr Coir Board credit plan for AP
THE Coir Board has formulated a Rs 417-crore credit plan to be implemented in the next five years for the development of coir industry in Andhra Pradesh. Of the proposed investment, the promoters' share would be 10 per cent, credit flow 65 per ...
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OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Import norms eased for vanaspati from Nepal — STC allowed to appoint associates
IN yet another step to curb inflationary pressures during the coming festival season, the Government has eased norms for duty-free imports of vanaspati from Nepal. The State Trading Corporation (STC), which is the sole agency authorised to ...
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