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| Weather to affect cane crop globally | 18-AUG-09 |
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| Our food and agriculture ministry must be having a sense of mea culpa for its failure to recognise till the other day that the mounting global sugar shortages and the demand not wilting in spite of economic strain will leave it with little headroom to manage open market prices of the sweetener. It is understandable why in the present circumstances the government is tending to make liberal releases of free sale sugar as part of supply side management. |
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| Rice crop may be hit due to weak monsoon: Pawar | 24-JUL-09 |
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| The government today said paddy crop may be "adversely impacted" due to weak and erratic monsoon in various parts of the country but a contingency plan is being drawn to tackle with the situation. |
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| Nitish asks Centre's help to develop Bihar as ethanol hub | 23-JUL-09 |
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| In a bid to develop Bihar as an ethanol hub, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today urged the Centre to ensure presidential assent to the legislation passed by the state legislature and relax the amendment of the Sugar (Control) Order. |
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| Seeds to be given to states if sowing fails: Pawar | 10-JUL-09 |
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| Accepting that monsoon has been inadequate in several parts of northern India, the government today said that in case sowing failed due to lack of rains, it would make additional seeds available to the states. |
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| Centre for raising paddy support price | 01-JUL-09 |
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| The Agriculture Ministry has proposed a minimum support price of Rs 950 per quintal for paddy, up by Rs 50 from last year, while prescribing holding the rate for cotton at the year-ago level. |
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| Ministry plans moves to counter bio-terrorism | 29-DEC-08 |
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| With the threat of bio-terrorism extending to the relatively soft targets like agriculture and livestock sectors growing rapidly, the agriculture ministry has drawn up plans to set up a national |
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