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Agriculture mandi comes to halt due to liquidity crisis

Farmers resist accepting money in any form other than cash as they are not used to it

Govt likely to put curbs on jewellers

The gold and jewellery route has been followed by persons with black money to convert their Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes at a haircut of 20-40%

Metal firms cheer rebound in prices

In last three weeks, base metals have seen a sharp rally initially and most industrial raw materials have risen 10-25%

Bayer group hints at continuing crop research in India

Bayer group is setting up a new plant at Vapi in Gujarat with €30-million fresh investments

Analysts turn cautious on gold; metals rally

Even in India, MCX prices fell sharply from Rs 1200 jump on MCX futures on Wednesday morning in the opening session

Dabba trading in stocks and commodities seizes up

In a late night conference call involving Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Delhi based large dabba traders

How scrapping of old notes will boost demand for gold jewellery

The Modi government's decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 banknotes is set to drive up interest in the bullion market

MCX raises margin in view of US elections

If Trump wins, gold is expected to see a sharp jump as market sees policy uncertainty

India needs its own gold standards for GMS to succeed

India Mint, CSIR & BARC signed an agreement last week to develop a standard reference material for gold

Gold slumps after FBI clears Clinton in email probe

MCX far month futures trades at discount on Duty cut buzz

Govt tightens rule for star export houses

Only exports from domestic tariff areas would be counted and such exports have much better vigilance mechanism

MCX plans options in gold, mock trading in a month

Key challenge for the exchange would be to have enough option writers who takes full price risk

Gold up 16.8% this Samvat

Outlook rosy for medium to long term but import duty and GST could be dampeners

Agrochem firms on recovery path

CRISIL says India will continue to see more of licensing collaborations and distribution tie-ups

Govt mulls recurring gold deposit scheme

The ministry is working on a scheme for investors to buy Rs 300-500 of gold per month

Gold refineries resume operations as discount ends

It is in last two weeks that discount has disappeared and price started quoting at marginal premium to the cost of imports and prices have also moderated

Discount for sovereign gold bond hints at duty cut

Govt considering bringing down the 10% import duty on gold to 6%

Govt to make next gold bond investor-friendly

The sixth tranche of the issue is expected to open on October 24

Sebi to come down hard on illiquid commodities

Sebi has been focusing on improving the risk management of commodity exchanges

Sebi axe likely to fall on illiquid commodities

Illiquid commodities are a subject of concern for the market regulator, which thinks they can be potentially misused for speculation