Retailers like Reliance are buying bulk produce directly from farmers.
The government has also swung into action to ensure that it is able to procure adequate quantities and avoid imports at exorbitant rates.
The government has swung into action to curb onion exports and check the rise in prices in the domestic market by effecting an 8 per cent hike in its minimum export price.
In 2006, FCI's procurement fell sharply to 9.2 million tonnes from 14.8 million tonnes in the previous year, forcing the government to import 5.5 million tonnes.
Kirana shops and greengrocers have found a new challenge to grapple with.
Kirana shops and greengrocers have found a new challenge to grapple with.
Milk powder Exports of 65,000 tonnes threatened, milk prices fall Re 1 a litre.
A passenger travelling in a cycle rickshaw can now have the luxury of sipping a Coke or Pepsi apart from listening to music via a headphone while he travels.
With more than 60 per cent of the country's 109 crore population concentrated in rural areas, companies do not want to miss the growing business opportunity.
A day after the finance ministry cut import duties on a variety of product categories, top manufacturers of zinc -- Hindustan Zinc and Binani Zinc -- slashed prices.
The sugar industry is now awaiting a subsidy from the government to make exports viable, as prices have fallen in the international market.
The recent tie-up between ITC and Japanese trading company Marubeni would focus on China, Vietnam and the Philippines apart from Japanese and the domestic market.
Discounted schemes withdrawn on days when load is heavy; Trai not happy.
Oil marketing companies together would have to make investments of a few hundred crores of rupees to create the facilities that would enable them to blend ethanol in petrol.
While the 5 per cent ethanol blended petrol programme has missed three deadlines
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