The Punjab government has chalked out plans to promote contract farming of basmati and other long grain varieties of paddy, over 26,000 acres of land in 12 districts of the state.
Many of the spinning mills in Tamil Nadu are facing closure and several mills have curtailed production as against the usual practice of working 24/7 round the year.
New Delhi The government has decided not to sell the Dabhol power plant, which has been struggling thanks to huge debts it owes to the contractors.
Talking during the India Investment Show organised by myiris.com in association with ICICI Direct, Chiragra Chakrabarty, head of training, Research and Development, Multi Commodity Exchange, said the commodity market has huge volatility.
Minister of Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath has said that the country is an emerging Asian powerhouse, as India has recorded the fastest gross domestic product growth in 18 years.
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India uses the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) to calculate and then decide the inflation rate in the economy. Most developed countries use the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to calculate inflation.
Oilmeal export declined in May sharply, according to data compiled by the Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA).
Commodity markets regulator Forward Markets Commission's new chairman B C Khatua has called for the participation of farmers and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the futures market.
The Indian government has asked the United States Administration to ensure that American millers meet strict quality norms to the wheat to be imported to India.
India on Wednesday sought greater trade with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in agro products.
The Safal National Exchange, an on-line spot exchange based in Bangalore has begun online spot trading in mangoes.
Brazil has emerged as India's largest trading partner in Latin America with bilateral trade crossing the record $ 2 billion mark in 2006
India is all set to export raw sugar for the first time. The Indian Sugar Exim Corporation has signed a deal with Al Khaleej refinery of Dubai to export raw sugar.
The newly appointed chairman of the Forward Markets Commission says futures market is in for a healthy growth in India and existing powers of the apex commodities regulator can be effectively used to regulate commodity markets.
As India's younger generation becomes more and more health conscious, consumption of healthy drinks particularly probiotic products are growing rapidly.
Soon, rubber fencing might come up along the Indo-Bangladesh border.
India's spices board has decided to float a new company to market spices across the country and abroad.
The government's move to make hallmarking for gold mandatory from January 1, 2008 has got into bottlenecks thanks to lukewarm response from jewelers across the country.
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