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Does a ban on commodities futures trading help govt solve inflation woes?

Futures trading in commodities has been banned at the drop of a hat despite numerous past committees and panels finding no direct linkage between such trading and price rise

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Commodity Exchange | futures trading | NCDEX

Sanjeeb Mukherjee  |  New Delhi 

Pulses, chana dal

Ahead of the kharif harvest, several industry associations, particularly those working in the field of edible oils and oilseeds value chain have urged the government to restart futures trading that has been suspended for almost eleven months now.

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First Published: Tue, September 20 2022. 07:36 IST

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