AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
FARM CREDIT
Enlisting jatropha as agri crop mooted
Biofuel industry representatives, ata recent interactive meeting at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, have suggested the need for enlisting jatropha as an agricultural crop for availing loans from banks. Industry stakeholders requested ...
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WHEAT
Lower wheat procurement: Central team visiting UP
To investigate alleged tax evasion by private trade
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CLIMATE & WEATHER
Monsoon may be delayed by 3-4 days
India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday that the onset of the southwest monsoon over Kerala was not likely to take place during the next three to four days. IMD said in a special bulletin that, this year, monsoon set in over ...
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STORAGE
Kalpataru Power plans 11 commodity warehouses
To offer third-party logistic services in 4 States
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RUBBER
Spot rubber prices improve
According to market circles, there were no sellers in the main marketing centres, as the prices appeared to be in a bullish phase. Incoming monsoon, supply concerns and firm global markets kept the covering groups and speculators rather ...
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SUGAR
Sugar beet planting for ethanol
MAIDEN VENTURE
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TEA
TN slashes VAT on processed tea
The Tamil Nadu Government on Wednesday announced that the rate at which value-added tax is levied on processed tea would stand reduced from 4 per cent to 1 per cent. The Government's revenue sacrifice on account of this is ...
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COIR
Kochi to host global coir fair in Dec
The Organising Committee of the India International Coir Fair 2007 (IICF) has decided to organise the fair here from December 7 to 11 based on the recommendations by the Export Promotion Committee of the Coir Board. Earlier it was decided to ...
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JUTE
Shifting tack
CASHING IN ON NEW INITIATIVES: A tribal man of Rava community nurturing jute plantation in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal. Tribals in Dooars region are gradually shifting from cultivation of maize and paddy to jute and other cash crops with ...
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COFFEE
Coffee and more ...
Starbucks recognises that all business is personal.
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Downward trend continues in pepper futures
`Margin, quantity restrictions affecting domestic, intl markets'
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SECURITY
Information security certification
MCX has received the highest certification in information security management system ISO/IEC 27001:2005. A benchmark for information security, the certification calls for standard requirements to identify, manage and minimise the ...
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EVENTS
Seed savers' conference will focus on local cultivars
The decline in the availability of native seeds and the need to create awareness about them will be discussed at the `seed savers' conference' at Dharmasthala on May 29 and 30. The Dakshina Kannada-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) - ...
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MARKETING
`Time for changes in farm produce marketing Act'
Demand-driven farming based on business model needed: Sahai
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EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Bengal AEZs performance below par: Assocham study
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India, in a recent study on `agri export zones (AEZs)', has pointed out that those in West Bengal have failed to meet the envisaged exports and investment targets in its half a dozen zones that ...
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