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Plea to ban mechanised fishing
BANGALORE: The Karnataka Minister for Ports and Fisheries, Mr Vasanth Salian, has urged the Centre to formulate a policy banning mechanised fishing in the sea during the breeding season between June and August. Such a policy should ... More

ENVIRONMENT


Manipur lays stress on eco-friendly farming
The State has decided to encourage organic farming/ horticulture as organic products fetch a premium in the international market. More

FLORICULTURE


Floriculture units caught in a pincer
Ironically, banks are willing to fund fresh promoters while the existing ones are labelled `bad boys' More

RUBBER


Rubber dips
RUBBER prices fluctuated again on extremely thin arrivals in the market on Thursday. But the general tendency was in favour of a decline as major grades dipped further to lower levels. Rubber was traded at Rs 40.90 at the international ... More

SUGAR


Sakthi Sugars defends raw imports at zero duty
SAKTHI Sugars Ltd (SSL) has claimed that its move to import raw sugar at zero duty under the advance licence (AL) scheme is fully above board. ``Raw sugar import at zero duty against AL is permissible subject to the importer fulfilling certain ... More

AP jaggery traders may suspend operations
MORE than 300 jaggery traders in Andhra Pradesh are likely to apply the brakes on purchase of jaggery from farmers in the wake of the "harassment'' by Excise officials on the charge that much of the jaggery from the State was going into ... More

TEA


International players mull society for tea promotion
THE Government has lapped up an Indonesian proposal floated at a recent inter-governmental group (IGG) meet on tea in Washington for the formation of an International Tea Society in order to promote tea as a health-promoting beverage and ... More

COTTON


Export competition in textiles to intensify: ICAC
THE already evident intense competition in the textile market is expected to intensify further in the coming couple of years with the imminent phasing out of quotas on textiles and apparel by January 1, 2005. A quota-free world will mean lower ... More

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    50 pc drop in kharif output — AP to seek Rs 1210-cr drought relief package
    FACED with a severe drought situation, the Andhra Pradesh Government has projected a 50 per cent drop in the kharif foodgrain production . To mitigate the impact of the drought, it has decided to seek a relief package of Rs 1,210 crore and 25 ... More
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