AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
COMMODITY EXCHANGES
Investors taken aback by ban on tur, urad futures trading
Sellers have to bear assaying, warehouse charges
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Chana futures gain; potato down
Pepper and mentha oil futures hogged the limelight in commodity trading on Thursday. Pepper futures on NCDEX hit the upper circuit of 4 per cent at Rs 12,140 per quintal on fresh inquiries from the European Union and the Gulf region. The ...
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CULTIVATION
Singur: Sowing problems?
A key aspect of the Ganga-Brahmaputra basin is the fertile Hooghly river valley, where year-round multi-cropping is possible. This is because of the copious groundwater and the network of channels. Singur received special attention and it yields a r ich harvest of foodgrains and vegetables. Industrialisation in the area would destroy this infrastructure.
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COMMODITIES
Inflation rate dips to 5.95% on cheaper food items
Wholesale Price Index of all commodities rises to 208.3 points
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RUBBER
Feb rubber contracts top Rs 100/kg
Spot rubber made yet another sharp come back on Thursday. Further gains in overseas markets owing to fresh buying and short covering added strength to sentiments. Supply fears kept covering groups and purchase agents more active since the peak ...
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TEA
Volume dips at Coonoor tea sale
The impact of frost is telling upon the arrival of tea for the auctions at the Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA) with the volume catalogued for the fourth auctions of 2007 this week dipping to 8.34 lakh kg. This is some 2 lakh kg lower than ...
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METALS
Cut in metals customs duty: Benefits may bypass end users
Will only help reduce cost of production, say industrial users
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FOODGRAINS
Maize imports made duty free
No levy till Dec 31; shipments seen unfeasible
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OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
STC plans foray into commercial crop processing
Cottonseed oil processing under in the CIS
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CASHEW
India, Vietnam ink pact on cashew alliance
Brazil to join front soon
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