AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
FARM CREDIT
Nabard outlay for AP
HYDERABAD: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has sanctioned Rs 1,197 crore for the current financial year 2004-05 to the Andhra Pradesh State Cooperative Bank (APCOB). The funds are for short-term agricultural ...
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INSIGHT
Will farm loan delivery match the decibel level?
WHEN it comes to funding farmers, the co-operative banking system follows age-old limits termed in official parlance as Realistic Scale of Finance (SOF). A detailed note sent out by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development ...
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PESTICIDES
SC panel for closure of Hind Insecticides unit — Proposes Rs 2.5-cr fine for polluting river
A MONITORING Committee on Hazardous Waste set up by the Supreme Court has recommended that the public sector Hindustan Insecticides Ltd (HIL) at Eloor near here should be closed down in view of the environmental pollution it creates. The ...
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POWER
AP Transco action plan for 8-hr power supply to agri sector
THE Andhra Pradesh Transmission Corporation (AP Transco) and power distribution companies (DisComs) have firmed up an action plan to provide 8-hour power supply with immediate effect to the agriculture sector and protect the crops during the ...
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RUBBER
Truckers' strike keeps rubber market quiet
TRUCKERS' strike continued to deactivate the spot rubber market on Tuesday. Trading activities hit the bottom in the absence of major buyers, while sheet rubber RSS 4 closed at Rs 54 a kg on Tuesday. The loser of the day was RSS 5, which shed 50 ...
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TEA
Dip in tea export earnings
DATA on export realisations from various countries clearly indicate that every kg of tea shipped out during the first four months of the current calendar year lost Rs 15 on an average compared to last year. Tea exports for the first four months ...
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OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
SEA gets ISO certification
EVEN as the usually staid oilseeds processing industry is struggling to cope with a series of internal and external challenges, the country's premier association for the vegetable oil industry and trade, Solvent Extractors' Association of India ...
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COFFEE
Coffee output seen lower than board estimate
The Coffee Board has revised its crop estimate for the next season to 2.92 lakh tonnes comprising 1.16 lt arabica and 1.76 lt robusta.
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AGRICULTURAL POLICY
Pawar's assurance to Kerala
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Union Finance Minister, Mr Sharad Pawar, has extended an assurance to Kerala that the Centre will try to build suitable safeguards to protect farmers from the adverse effects of a SAARC agreement that facilitates ...
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CO-OPERATIVES
Move to end AP co-op stir
HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh Minister for Cooperation, Mr K. Lakshminarayana, has informed the representatives of various political parties that the State Cooperation Secretary would hold talks with employees associations of the Primary ...
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