AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
CULTIVATION
Area under most crops increases; rice trails
New Delhi, Aug. 24 A prolonged dry spell across North-West India is some cause for concern, even as there has been a significant increase in area sown under most crops in the current kharif season.According to the India Meteorological ...
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INSIGHT
Need to address the root causes
Agricultural indebtedness
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Chinese demand to support metals
Financial market fears to keep market volatile
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COMMODITIES
Costlier food pushes up inflation rate
Wholesale Price Index of all commodities at 223.5
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RUBBER
Bearish global trend affects spot rubber
Kottayam, Aug. 24 Physical rubber declined on Friday. The sentiments remained dull as the reports from the international markets were bearish. “We expect the supply to improve soon,” an observer said, and “it would be ...
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SUGAR
Sugar sector seeks early clearance of subsidy claims
Awaits buffer stock notification
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TEA
Kanan Devan to cultivate tea in Ethiopia
Investing Rs 373-crore in 10,000 ha of plantations
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GOLD & SILVER
70% rise in H1 jewellery demand
‘Stable prices aiding purchases’
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Buying interest helps pepper futures recoup
Pepper futures market, after falling continuously in recent days, bounced back on Friday on rumours that the FMC would relax the nearby month position.Consequently, there was some buying interest. However, the buyers were not ...
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Spices Board setting up centre for value-addition
Bodinayakanur, Aug. 24 Value-addition of spices for use in pharmaceuticals will be the focus area in the future and the Spices Board, in association with the Central Food Technology and Research Institute, Mysore will establish a new centre ...
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EVENTS
‘Scope for soya use expanding’
Hyderabad, Aug. 24 Mr O.P. Goenka, Director (Technical) of Foods Fats and Fertilisers Ltd, and an expert on oils, fats and fatty acids, has called for heralding a second ‘Yellow Revolution’ in the country, with soya taking the ...
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CO-OPERATIVES
Curb areca entry through Nepal: Campco
The Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative (Campco) Ltd has urged the Union Government to curtail the entry of arecanut produced in other countries, through Nepal, to India. In a memorandum submitted to the ...
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TRENDS
Winds of change
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