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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
FARM CREDIT:
SBI freezes new car loans at 10%, farm loans at 8% for a year
Limited period offer to run till May. Mumbai, Feb. 20 State Bank of India has taken the lead once again. This time, the country’s largest bank has frozen interest rates for a year on new car loans at 10 per cent and loans to farmers ...
DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS:
Pressure mounts for raising import duty on milk powder
EU enhances export subsidy on dairy products. New Delhi, Feb. 20 With the European Union (EU) announcing a second round of export subsidies on dairy products, pressure is mounting on the Centre to raise import duties on butter oil and skimmed ...
BIO-TECH & GENETICS:
YES Bank, Zameen Organic tie up
YES Bank has tied up with Zameen Organic to support fair trade movement and production of eco-friendly organic cotton. The tie-up aims to create equal opportunities for producers and workers, especially the economically marginalised ones. ...
PLANTATIONS:
TN planters disappointed
The Planters’ Association of Tamil Nadu, while welcoming the State Government’s Budget announcement on reduction in land revenue rate and abolition of local cess and the surcharge thereon, was disappointed that the issue on dichotomy ...
CLIMATE & WEATHER:
Excess summer showers forecast for south India
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb. 20 The March-April-May quarter may see above normal precipitation over the west coast and the central peninsula, according to a leading US ...
FOODGRAINS:
Hike in MSP
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RUBBER:
Spot rubber improves on demand
Kottayam, Feb. 20 The physical rubber market made further gains on Friday. Covering purchases continued to lift the prices to higher levels taking advantage of the dip in ...
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