AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
RICE
Plea to allow premium rice in small packs
Mumbai, April 11 Small-scale exporters of premium rice from southern India are aggrieved over the blanket ban on export of non-basmati rice. Most of the exports are of premium rice varieties such as Ponni and SonaMasuri, packed in small ...
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SEEDS
AP says no to rise in Bt cotton seed prices
Hyderabad, April 11 The hopes of cottonseed companies to increase the prices of Bt-i and Bt-ii seeds have been dashed with the Andhra Pradesh Government refusing permission.The seed manufacturers have been appealing to the State ...
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COMMODITIES
Inflation surges to 40-month high
Industrial production grows 8.6% in February
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RUBBER
Spot rubber stays firm
Kottayam, April 11 Spot rubber showed a firm trend on Friday. Though RSS 4 was flat at Rs 106.50 a kg both at Kottayam and Kochi, the remaining grades including RSS 5 and ISNR 20 improved smartly amidst low supply. Major manufacturers who were ...
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WATER
Coleroon regulators being modernised
Thanjavur, April 11 Modernisation of Coleroon and scouring sluice regulators is under way at Grand Anicut in Thanjavur district. The works assume significance as they will strengthen the age old structure which was constructed by Arthur Cotton ...
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AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
Rs 1,345-cr Nabard aid for TN co-op banks likely
Chennai, April 11 The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development is likely to provide over Rs 1,345 crore assistance to Tamil Nadu for the revival of its cooperative banks.Addressing the annual press conference here, Mr K.V. ...
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TOBACCO
Hike in excise duty on non-filter cigarettes opposed
Bangalore, April 11 Farmers from Karnataka have demanded a rollback of the ‘astronomical’ increase in excise duty on non-filter cigarettes announced in the Budget. Representatives of the Federation of Cigarette Tobacco ...
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AGRICULTURAL POLICY
Single super phosphate price fixed at Rs 3,400 a tonne
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‘Govt should not allow edible oil prices to drop further’
Uncertainties could deplete stocks: Solvent extractors
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OUTLOOK
Wheat output: Trade, officials keep fingers crossed
Khanna (Punjab), April 11 Even as arrivals of wheat have been delayed in the primary growing States of Punjab, trade and officials are having their fingers crossed on what actually could be the grain’s production in the ...
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