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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES FARM CREDIT PSBs welcome rate cap on crop loans PUBLIC sector banks have welcomed the Central Government's move to cap interest rates on crop loans of up to Rs 50,000 at 9 per cent per annum. Bankers contend that this will help them capture larger volumes of business and also pass on the ... More FERTILISERS Widespread rains may boost fertiliser offtake — But Q1 figures tell a different tale "Barring some pockets in Andhra Pradesh, there have been widespread rains across the country. Sentiment is definitely positive for fertiliser offtake.'' More PLANTATIONS Campco to resume arecanut shipments to Pakistan The Karachi-based Agar International has signed a contract to buy 2,000 tonnes of white arecanut. More RUBBER Rubber prices rule static RUBBER prices ruled flat even as the prices of essential commodities sky-rocketed as the transporters' strike entered the fourth day on Friday. Buyers were absent from the market despite arrivals being thin. There were scattered enquiries from ... More DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS Hatsun sues Tirupur dairy co for trademark infringement THE Chennai-based Hatsun Agro Product Ltd, owners of the `Arokya' brand of milk and milk products, has sued a Tirupur-based private milk company for trademark infringement. Hatsun Agro, which has taken a legal recourse in the Madras High Court ... More AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS Conventional breeding — Icrisat plans biotech-aided crop improvement group THE International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) here proposes to establish a biotechnology-assisted crop improvement consortium involving private sector breeding companies for the conventional breeding of sorghum, ... More COIR SBI, UNIDO project for coir industry inaugurated THE State Bank of India project "Uptech" in collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has successfully implemented a unique coir cluster scheme in the Alappuzha district. The project, which was set in ... More OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL Solvent extractors seek hike in edible oil duty differential AN appeal to the Government to maintain a 15 percentage point difference between basic customs duty on crude and refined palm oil in order to support the domestic refining industry has been made by Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA). ... More TOBACCO AP tobacco crop size fixed at 111.24 mkg THE authorised crop size of tobacco in Andhra Pradesh for 2003-04 has been fixed at 111.24 million kg. This is 5 per cent higher than the authorised crop size of 105.48 mkg fixed during 2002-03. The Production Committee meeting of Tobacco ... More
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