AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
FARM CREDIT
Syndicate Bank to speed up loans to farmers in Karnataka
Bangalore, March 25 Syndicate Bank has agreed to provide immediate financial assistance to farmers affected by the unseasonal rains in Karnataka.Speaking at the State Level Bankers Committee meeting here today, Syndicate Bank’s ...
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Loan waiver for farmers a fire-fighting operation
Madurai, March 25 The Union Finance Minister is lucky to have presented his Budgets in a booming economy. The situation could be sustained only if the problem of distribution of power and its quality is addressed competently, said Mr ...
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CLIMATE & WEATHER
Deep easterly trough may find match
Thiruvananthapuram, March 25 A deep trough embedded in incoming easterlies may be threatening to empty its contents over the south-east coast in two days from now, but could easily find a match in a counterpart system riding the westerlies ...
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ANIMALS & LIVESTOCK
IVRCL bags Rs 79-cr research centre project
Hyderabad, March 25 IVRCL Infrastructures and Projects Ltd (IVRCL), the city-based infrastructure company, has bagged a Rs 79-crore contract to build a animal husbandry research centre in Andhra Pradesh at the upcoming Indira Gandhi Centre for ...
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INSIGHT
Time to give cashew a growth push
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HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Rains damage Nilgiri strawberry; growers seek assistance
Ready-to-harvest fruits, future crop of the season are at stake
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RUBBER
Spot rubber recovers
Kottayam, March 25 The domestic rubber rates recovered partially on Tuesday. The market was reacting slowly to the weekend covering purchases as Japanese futures finished higher following Yen’s weakness against dollar. RSS 3 improved at ...
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OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Edible oil duty cut: ‘No gain to consumer’
Hotels, bakeries, vanaspati sector only beneficiaries
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Plea to allow coconut oil exports
Kochi, March 25 The Coconut Development Board (CDB) has urged the Union Government to withdraw the ban on export of coconut oil. The Centre has through a notification on March 17 banned export of edible oils, including coconut oil. ...
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CASHEW
Uncertainty continues over setting up of cashew board
Kochi, March 25 The reported move for creation of a cashew board with autonomy aimed at boosting the overall performance of cashew in the country appears to be facing the fate of several such moves earlier.A Committee of Ministers said ...
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Exporter develops biodynamic cashew
3.19 tonnes shipped to Germany
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Pepper futures gain marginally
Kochi, March 25 Pepper futures market moved up marginally at close on Tuesday on speculative activities. No spot selling took place. Several sell calls were there from technical experts to all. Turn over of the exchanges were dwindling ...
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COMMODITY MARKETS
Chilli futures hit upper circuit
Bullish international market pushed up soyabean futures in NCDEX to hit the upper circuit at 4 per cent to Rs 2,209 per quintal. Tracking a firm Guntur spot market, chilli futures hit the upper circuit at 3.24 per cent at Rs 4,465 per quintal. ...
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Inventory fall may prop up rapeseed futures
Mumbai, March 25 Rapeseed/Mustard seed (RM seed) futures in NCDEX are set to gain further as the warehouse inventory dipped steeply to 2,378 tonnes from 60,000 tonnes in the last two months. Moreover, the rabi output is estimated to be lower ...
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EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Export of spices at new peak, near $950 million
Most products exceed target; chilli shipments hit 1.6 lakh t
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10,000 tonnes castor oil for exports held up
‘It’s not edible,’ say exporters; officials cite Centre’s ban
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COMMODITY COMMENTARY
Illogical ban on castor oil export
Mumbai, March 25 Hasty decisions often lead to unintended consequences; and our government is in the habit of taking hasty decisions that hurt not the Government itself or the officials responsible for such decisions, but industry and trade ...
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