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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES COMMODITIES: Inflation rate drops to 8.84% on cheaper fuel, metals Wholesale Price Index of all commodities at 235.1. New Delhi, Nov. 27 The annual Wholesale Price Index-based inflation rose 8.84 per cent for the week ended November 15, marginally down from the previous week’s yearly rise of 8.90 per ... EXPORTS & IMPORTS: Export tax on basmati beginning to bite Pakistan rides on the wave, charging lower rates. New Delhi, Nov. 27 The Centre’s policy of clamping an export duty of Rs 8,000 a tonne on basmati rice shipments, over and above a minimum export price (MEP) stipulation of $1,200 a tonne, ... TEA: Plea to ensure presence of iron filings in tea is within prescribed limit Kochi, Nov 27 The Tea Buyers Association, Kochi, has urged the State Government to direct tea manufacturers to adopt a fool-proof mechanism to ensure that the presence of iron filings in tea does not exceed the prescribed ... CLIMATE & WEATHER: Nisha drenches Tamil Nadu, set to weaken Thiruvananthapuram, Nov. 27 Tropical Cyclone Nisha crossed the Tamil Nadu coast close to north of Karaikal early on Thursday morning, an update from the Regional Met Centre, Chennai, ... NATURAL CALAMITIES: Paddy fields flooded ... AQUACULTURE: Global shrimp prices likely to weaken Kochi, Nov. 27 International shrimp prices, which were already depressed before the financial crisis, are likely to weaken further during the course of the year, the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation has ... RUBBER: Spot rubber prices rule steady Kottayam, Nov. 27 The rubber prices were steady on Thursday. According to market circles, the trading activities were in an extremely dull pace in the absence of quantity buyers and ... CASHEW: Stalemate over setting up cashew development board Finance, Agriculture Ministries oppose move. The Union Commerce Ministry's efforts for long to create a Cashew Development Board on almost similar to that lines of other commodities boards, such as for rubber, coir, coconut, coffee and tea etc, ... TEA: Nilgiris tea output rises 10% in Oct Coonoor, Nov. 27 Tea production in Nilgiris, the largest tea growing district in South India, rose 10 per cent last month over October ... Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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