Agriculture
Centre may go alone in cotton mini-mission II
THE Government is likely to launch mini-mission II of the Technology Mission on Cotton (TCM) with its own contribution instead of waiting for the State Governments to chip in with their share of the outlay.

Excise duty cut on maize starch Tapioca units at receiving end
Though tapioca and maize are used in starch production, albeit in different way, the proposal to withdraw the Central excise levy on maize starch has placed these two starch producing materials on an unequal footing.

UK cotton co offers expertise to TN
COTTON Agronomical Development International (CADI), a UK-based cotton company, has offered its expertise to increase cotton production and yield in Tamil Nadu.

Corporate
Zeneca to wind-up agro-chemical unit
ZENECA Agrochemicals Ltd has decided to shut down its agro-chemicals plant at Ennore from March 31.

Sugar
Sugar mills unfazed by Pak ban on imports
INDIAN sugar mill owners are not too perturbed over the Pakistan Government's decision to ban imports of sugar and are hopeful that the industry would be able to sell the commodity to other markets.

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