| Kharif crop to fall 15-10%, rural economy to lose steam by 20-25%: Ficci | 05-OCT-09 |
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| Drought will lead to a 15-20 per cent decline in kharif crop this year which will result a loss of more than 16 million tonnes in foodgrain output. The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci), an industry body, said in a research paper that such a decline could affect the government stock and hinder the public distribution system (PDS) for foodgrains. |
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| 'Rural growth attracting PEs' | 13-JUN-09 |
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| The robust growth in rural economy, especially the agriculture segment, is drawing private equity funds to invest in the food processing units, according to Chanda Kochhar, managing director and CEO of ICICI Bank. |
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| Experts bullish on rural demand | 07-APR-09 |
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| The impact of recession on rural areas has been minimum and experts believe there is a huge opportunity to be tapped as several businesses are centred around rural areas and employ rural youth. |
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| Adani Wilmar bullish on rural market | 25-MAR-09 |
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| Adani Wilmar Limited (AWL), a joint venture between Ahmedabad-based Adani Exports Limited and the Singapore-headquartered Wilmar Trading, is betting big on the end-consumer in smaller towns and hinterlands to achieve an ambitious 100 per cent sales target within the next four years. |
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| `Rural economy is key to growth` | 30-JUL-07 |
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| The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in which the Indian government is one of the 67 stakeholders, is looking at increasing its support to India financially.
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| Bird flu under control: Pawar | 18-MAR-06 |
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| The bird flu situation in the country is under control and localised and the media should thus exercise restraint in its reportage, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has said.
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| `Nobody has a monopoly on knowledge` | 24-SEP-04 |
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| Governments in south Asia need to focus on rural sectors to combat poverty. Raising productivity in agriculture is important since most of the poor depend on agriculture, says Geert van der |
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