AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
FARM CREDIT
AGRICULTURE & FOOD TECHNOLOGY SHOW, MUMBAI — A BUSINESS LINE FEATURE
Banking on agri-credit
STATE Bank of India, the country's biggest lender, is targeting disbursements of Rs 400 crore for the agriculture sector in the State of Maharashtra alone, by the end of this financial year. In the first six ...
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Allahabad Bank targets agri-credit above Rs 3,000 cr
ALLAHABAD Bank has set a target of Rs 3,016 crore as credit flow to the agriculture sector during the current fiscal, a three-fold increase from the previous fiscal's disbursement of Rs 848 crore. The bank has ...
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RICE
Basmati turns costlier on fears of output fall
THE fragrant basmati rice may turn out to be costlier this season. That is because basmati paddy prices are up by 15-30 per cent on fears of a fall in production. "Basmati paddy prices are up for a couple of reasons. One, delayed rain has led ...
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PLANTATIONS
Karnataka to discuss planters' woes
THE Karnataka Government would convene a core group meeting within 15 days to resolve the issues raised by plantation industry that has sought tax reliefs and interest waiver among other things. The Karnataka Chief Minister, Mr Dharam Singh, ...
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TEA
It's time to take tea lessons from Lanka
THE nine-member small-scale sector delegation sponsored by the Tea Board to Sri Lanka has returned with high hopes of mutual prosperity if India were to emulate a couple of practices prevalent there. "There are certainly a lesson or two for us ...
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TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Cotton futures likely to fall
NYCE cotton futures finished lower on Friday on speculative selling and rolling over of the active December month contracts which added pressure to cotton prices struggling to get a grip on the direction from here. Markets will now look ...
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FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING
Food for thought
India has the potential to be the world leader in the trade of processed fruits and vegetables. And for this it has to develop efficient marketing and export networks. Latha Venkatraman surveys the scene.
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Support system
The nodal agency of the food processing industry, the MAIDC has moved from simple mechanisation and agro-processing to facilitating investment in the sector.
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DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS
Milky way
MAHANAND Dairy, run by the Maharashtra Rajya Sahakari Dudh Mahasangh Maryadit, started functioning in 1983, with a milk-handling capacity of four lakh litres per day (LLPD). The capacity was expanded up to six LLPD ...
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AGRICULTURAL POLICY
AP Govt firm on completing irrigation projects: CM
THE State Government is determined to complete long-pending irrigation projects such as the Polavaram project and all avenues will be explored to find the requisite resources, said Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Chief Minister. He spoke at a number ...
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EVENTS
The fair
THE three-day agriculture and food technology show, Maharashtra Agri-Food 2004, will focus on areas such as horticulture, floriculture, food, poultry, fisheries and packaging. The show, being held in Mumbai, is ...
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