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India's exports up by 23% in 2006-07

India's exports up by 23% in 2006-07

Rediff.com   3 May 2007

India's exports graph had shown a growth of 23.88 per cent during the previous fiscal according to a recently published provisional data for merchandise exports from Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics.

Now, you can enjoy your black tea

Now, you can enjoy your black tea

Rediff.com   3 May 2007

Next time, when you drink your favourite black tea, it would come with a quality certification.

ETFs: Invest and trade in gold

ETFs: Invest and trade in gold

Rediff.com   3 May 2007

Move over equity markets, mutual funds and bonds. Investors across India are these days picking up and trading in the latest investment avenue in town: the Gold Exchange Traded Funds.

Pulses: India is the largest producer and consumer

Pulses: India is the largest producer and consumer

Rediff.com   3 May 2007

India is the world's largest producer of pulses; but last year the country had to import 1.8 million tones of pulses to meet the growing domestic consumption.

Deora for sustainable oil prices

Deora for sustainable oil prices

Rediff.com   3 May 2007

Murali Deora, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas has urged the need for sustainable international oil prices stating that the high oil prices are neither in the interest of oil importing countries nor beneficial to the exporting nations.

Will India & Pak act together on Basmati?

Will India & Pak act together on Basmati?

Rediff.com   2 May 2007

India has asked Pakistan to expedite the process of filing joint applications for the registration of Geographical Indication of Basmati rice.

Will Darjeeling tea win back its old charm

Will Darjeeling tea win back its old charm

Rediff.com   2 May 2007

Chances of it being a mix of a small quantity of 'Darjeeling Tea' and blends made from inferior tea from other regions are very high.

MSP for farmers outdated, says committee

MSP for farmers outdated, says committee

Rediff.com   2 May 2007

The standing committee on agriculture has criticised the government's criteria of fixing the Minimum Support Price for the farmers

Sugar surplus: India to export two million tonnes

Sugar surplus: India to export two million tonnes

Rediff.com   2 May 2007

Riding on a surplus production, India is getting ready to export at least two million tones of sugar to foreign countries.

Will futures trading in guar be banned?

Will futures trading in guar be banned?

Rediff.com   1 May 2007

Is Guar the next commodity that is likely to be banned by the Forward Markets Commission?

Allow banks to hedge at exchanges: NCDEX

Allow banks to hedge at exchanges: NCDEX

Rediff.com   1 May 2007

India's leading agri commodities bourse - the National Commodity and Derivative Exchange - has asked the government to permit banks to hedge at domestic commodity exchanges like international bourses.

Futures ban hits NCDEX trading volumes

Futures ban hits NCDEX trading volumes

Rediff.com   1 May 2007

India's leading agri commodity bourse - the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange said on Monday that its trading volumes have been hit by the ban on futures trading in pulses, wheat and rice.

MCX to set up spot exchanges in Andhra

MCX to set up spot exchanges in Andhra

Rediff.com   1 May 2007

India's leading commodity bourse - the Multi-Commodity Exchange - is in negotiations with the Andhra Pradesh government to set up spot exchanges in the state.

India to invite tender for wheat import

India to invite tender for wheat import

Rediff.com   1 May 2007

Worried over its failed procurement operations and anticipating a shortfall in production, the Centre has decided to invite tenders for import of 1 million tones of wheat.

India eyes Pak to boost tea export

India eyes Pak to boost tea export

Rediff.com   1 May 2007

India has launched an aggressive campaign to boost tea exports to Pakistan, Egypt, Iran and Iraq apart from traditional buyers Britain and Russia.

Indo-Pak trade seen to cross $1.5 billion

Indo-Pak trade seen to cross $1.5 billion

Rediff.com   30 Apr 2007

Trade between India and Pakistan has shown enormous buoyancy and is expected to cross $1.5 billion in 2006-07. Exports to Pakistan in April-December

New Basmati variety to boost exports

New Basmati variety to boost exports

Rediff.com   30 Apr 2007

India's Basmati export is bound to get a boost with the launch of an improvised version of the Pusa Basmati-1 variety.

Guntur farmers beat odds, increase cultivation

Guntur farmers beat odds, increase cultivation

Rediff.com   30 Apr 2007

Suicides, drought, natural calamities, slump in market...Nothing can deter the determination of farmers in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.

Online trading in Indian mangoes, soon

Online trading in Indian mangoes, soon

Rediff.com   30 Apr 2007

Indian farmers are getting technology-savvy day by day. Even as the first batch of Indian mangoes reached the US shelves last week, farmers here are betting on a major initiative to trade mangoes online.

Gem sector to hunt for new markets

Gem sector to hunt for new markets

Rediff.com   30 Apr 2007

With generalised system of preferences in US coming to an end in June 30 and the American market showing little scope for growth