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Rural business of PSU insurers to be transferred to new co
THE rural insurance business of the four public sector general insurance companies is expected to be transferred to the proposed Agricultural Insurance Corporation of India. Sources said that this would include all the crop insurance business ... More

PLANTATIONS


Bitter Onam for plantation workers
The financial crisis is not confined to estate workers alone. Small growers who depend on the sale proceeds of tea leaf for sustenance are also facing serious liquidity problems. More

PRECIOUS METALS


Falling global hedgebook impacts gold prices
Gold hedgebook this year has so far fallen by an estimated nine million ounces, led by AngloGold and Barrick. Another cut in interest rates may assist further cut in the producer hedgebook. More

FOODGRAINS


Rice stocks position to be reviewed: Yadav
THE Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Mr Sharad Yadav, has said the Government would soon review the position of rice stocks in the Central pool in light of the significant decline expected in this year's kharif ... More

TRENDS


Agri-business: Not India's business
A WHILE ago, the US Ambassador to India, Mr Robert D. Blackwill, suggested that to put US-India trade in agriculture on "an even keel", all tariff and non-tariff barriers on agricultural trade be dismantled in India and American products allowed ... More
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