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COMMODITIES: Inflation worries recede as number hits 18-week low
‘All-commodities’ WPI down to 239.6. New Delhi, Oct. 16 With focus shifting to the tightening of liquidity conditions and threat of a slowdown, inflation worries are clearly receding to the ...

AGRICULTURAL POLICY: CCEA clears Rs 50 a quintal paddy bonus
Official procurement price is now Rs 900/quintal for common paddy. New Delhi, Oct 16 The Centre, on Thursday, approved a Rs 50/quintal bonus for paddy, over and above the already declared minimum support price payable during the current 2008-09 ...

DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS: AP Dairy investing Rs 60 cr for development
Federation launches new products. Hyderabad, Oct. 16 Andhra Pradesh Dairy Development Co-operative Federation Ltd (APDDCF) will be investing Rs 60 crore for dairy development in ...

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL: Extractors body seeks duty imposition on edible oils
Urges Centre to revisit import duty structure. Chennai, Oct 16 The Solvent Extractors Association of India has urged the Centre to impose at least 30 per cent duty on crude palm oil and 37.5 per cent on RBD palmolein and 20 per cent on crude ...

CLIMATE & WEATHER: Westerly system triggers rains over northwest
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 16 A western disturbance lying over Jammu and Kashmir has triggered fairly widespread rain and snow over the western Himalayan region during the past 24 ...

COTTON: Cotton output to rise marginally
Mumbai, Oct 16 Cotton production in the year ending September 2009 is estimated at 31.65 million bales, marginally higher than last year’s output of 31.5 million ...

RUBBER: Spot rubber turns weak
Kottayam, Oct. 16 Rubber prices turned weak on Thursday. According to sources, the market reacted almost in tandem with the fall in global markets though there was no considerable selling pressure from ...

SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Pepper futures market recovers on buying support
Kochi, Oct. 16 The pepper futures market, which was on a downward trend in the morning, recovered in the afternoon and closed above Wednesday’s price. Good quantity of pepper is said to have been traded at discount price. Investors ...

AQUACULTURE: Rs 3.2 cr grant to train inland fish farmers
Madurai, Oct. 16 The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has sanctioned a grant of Rs 3.20 crore to the Centre for Aquaculture Research and Extension (CARE), St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli, to train ...





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