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STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS: Quality fears grip tea sector as exports rise
Industry suspects soaring price could lead to adulteration. Chennai, Sept. 18 Tea exports up to July this year have topped the 100 million kg (mkg) margin. In normal circumstances, the industry should be happy after shipments fell last year by ...

RUBBER: Campco wants to enter rubber segment
Plans to amend bye-laws in relation to its marketing. Mangalore, Sept. 18 The Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative (Campco) Ltd — which is actively involved in the business of arecanut and cocoa — is ...

TEA: Small growers seek representation on Tea Board
Coonoor, Sept. 18 The Nilgiris Small Tea Growers’ Association has appealed to the Union Commerce Minister, Mr Kamal Nath, to nominate its President on to ...

FERTILISERS: Pay special attention to fertiliser supply, AP Collectors told
‘State looking at providing 33 lakh tonnes during rabi’. Hyderabad, Sept. 18 The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has asked District Collectors in the State to give special attention to the distribution of ...

CLIMATE & WEATHER: Rain deficit gets cut back to 2%
Thiruvananthapuram, Sept. 18 Some heavy to very heavy amounts of rainfall pelting parts of the peninsula, central and west-central India during the week ending Wednesday has helped knock off a full percentage point from the all-India ...

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES: Maternity Benefit Act directly applicable to plantation labour, rules HC
Chennai, Sept. 18 The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 was directly applicable to plantation labour by virtue of Section 32 of the Plantations Labour Act, 1951, the Madras High Court has ...

RUBBER: Spot rubber slips on selling pressure
Kottayam, Sept. 18 Rubber prices slipped further or Thursday. Most of the players were inactive as selling from dealers and growers continued to put pressure on the prices though the market lost almost Rs 5.50 a kg from higher levels during ...

SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Pepper futures recover on buying support
Kochi, Sept. 18 Pepper futures market moved up on Thursday and crossed the first circuit on ...





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