AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
COMMODITY EXCHANGES
Agro commodities futures slip
With a few exceptions, most agro commodities traded on NCDEX and MCX closed lower on Thursday. Cardamom futures on MCX fell by 3.61 per cent to Rs 374 a kg on speculative selling, while rubber lost Rs 249 a quintal to Rs ...
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RICE
Overkill
A WORKER SPRAYING pesticide in a paddy field near Thrissur, Kerala. Though the country has attained enviable agricultural growth in recent years, over-dependence on chemical pesticides has become untenable in view of the health hazards and ...
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AQUACULTURE
Realisation down
MARGINAL FALL: Workers engaged in peeling shrimp at an unit near Kochi. Frozen shrimps made up nearly 60 per cent of the total export earnings during 2005-06 fiscal. Over 1.45 lakh tonnes of frozen shrimp valued at Rs 4,273 crore were exported ...
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INSIGHT
Agriculture going to seed
The agriculture scene is decidedly dismal and the country can ignore it at its peril. The double-digit growth in manufacturing and service sectors will be nullified if agriculture remains a laggard.
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INFRASTRUCTURE
Kallada project under Central scheme
The Centre has notified the Kallada irrigation project under the Command Area Development and Water Management (CADWM) programme envisaging an outlay of Rs 77 crore in developmental expenditure. Announcing this, the Minister ...
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RUBBER
Weak trend in spot rubber
Spot rubber showed signs of weakness on Thursday. The trend was mixed but the weakness in Japanese indices seemed to cast its shadow over the market though there was no notable selling pressure from growers or traders on sheet rubber. Sheet ...
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SUGAR
Sugar export ban relaxed
The Centre has formally notified the partial lifting of the ban on sugar exports, more than 15 days after the Union Cabinet's nod to the move. The notification, issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), allows sugar mills ...
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UP sugar mills begin to pile up cane arrears
6 factories get recovery notices for dues of past years
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TEA
Tea manufacturers seek panel on quality upgradation
The Nilgiris Bought Leaf Tea Manufacturers' Association, representing private factories in the small-scale sector, has appealed to the Tea Board Chairman to constitute an advisory committee on quality upgradation. "Although the Nilgiris has ...
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COTTON
`Farmers gaining more from growing Bt cotton''
Bt farmers hired more labour than their non-Bt peers: Study
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
`Decline in spices export volume not healthy'
Realisation higher on tight global supplies
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