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FARM CREDIT


Canara Bank cuts farm loan rates
BANGALORE: Canara Bank has fixed the lending rates for agriculture and small-scale sectors at two per cent above the prime lending rate, a bank release said here on Tuesday. Currently, the PLR for the bank is 11 per cent. The new ... More

AQUACULTURE


MPEDA alert against infected shrimp seeds — Stocks with white spot virus brought from Bangladesh
THE Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) has issued a "general alert" against buying and stocking of recent supplies of highly-infected black tiger shrimp seeds, allegedly imported from Bangladesh. The MPEDA Deputy Director, Dr ... More

SUGAR


Sweet Plan, ambitious target
IT IS well-known that the sugar industry continued to face a highly restrictive policy environment even after the country embarked on the economic liberalisation process since 1991. The web of controls and restrictions woven around the industry ... More

TEA


Small tea growers a huge success in Bengal
A LARGE part of the problems faced by the tea industry in Dooars, Terai and Darjeeling can be attributed to the huge success registered by small tea growers in the last decade or so. Moreover, factors like low price realisation, low yield of ... More

EXIM POLICY


Norms in offing to tap corporate funds for farm infrastructure
THE Government would soon formulate and unfold guidelines on what incentives should be extended to induce corporate and big companies operating in the farm produce market to come on board to invest in farm infrastructure in the agri-export zone ... More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS


China in a dilemma over GM soya
EVEN as China has embarked on a policy initiative to strengthen its domestic soyabean sector, its import dependence is expected not to end any time soon as growth in personal incomes, a strong economy and large absolute increase in population all ... More

AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS


Nabard sanctions Rs 854 cr for Kerala
The development financial assistance was aimed at making farming operations globally competitive, improving rural infrastructure and supporting livelihood opportunities in the rural non-farm sector. More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL


Vegoil refiners seek monthly soya oil tariff review
VEGETABLE oil refiners have urged the Government to institute a mechanism for monthly revision of tariff value on crude soyabean oil based on international price trends. "Currently, the tariff value is being fixed on a completely ad hoc basis ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS


Thin arrivals disrupt cardamom auctions
CONTINUED liquidity problems, coupled with thin arrivals, have resulted in cardamom auctions being called off in recent days at major centres in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Last week, auctions were held on Wednesday and Friday and, thereafter, on ... More
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