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Last updated: 19 Jul, 2012  
 Agriculture


'Urgent need to raise India's farm productivity'
SME Times News Bureau | 04 Jun, 2013
There is an urgent need to enhance India's agricultural productivity and develop strong forward-backward linkages along the entire agri-value chain, considering the rising demand of food products, an industry association said Monday.
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Mother Dairy eyes 30 pc sales growth in dairy division
SME TImes News Bureau | 14 May, 2013
Mother Dairy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Monday said it is eyeing a 30 percent business growth in its dairy product division to over Rs.800 crore this fiscal.
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Punjab Deputy CM seeks Rs.1,500 min support price on wheat
SME Times News Bureau | 22 Apr, 2013
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal Monday demanded that the minimum support price (MSP) for wheat be fixed at Rs.1,500 per quintal by the centre.
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Cattle smuggling hampering Tripura's milk production
SME Times News Bureau | 08 Apr, 2013
Tripura could not achieve its target of milk production due to smuggling of cattle into Bangladesh, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said in Agartala on Monday.
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Punjab sets aside Rs.18,998 cr for wheat procurement
SME Times News Bureau | 05 Mar, 2013
The state government has received Rs.13,529 crore from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for the wheat procurement in the month of April.
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Budget'13: More could have been done for agri, livestock sector
SME Times News Bureau | 01 Mar, 2013
Agriculture and livestock experts Thursday said more could have been done for the sector in the union budget for 2103-14.
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UPA policies driving farmers to suicide: CPI-M
SME Times News Bureau | 25 Feb, 2013
Terming India's rate of price rise the highest in the world, the CPI-M Sunday blamed the Congress-led UPA government's policies for creating a tendency of suicide among
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'Same ills challenge agriculture in South Asia, Africa'
Arvind Padmanabhan | 21 Feb, 2013
One solution may not fit all, but challenges to agriculture and food security are similar in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa requiring action by governments to grassroots, experts said in Washington Thursday.
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Foodgrain exports to reach $40 bn in 2012-13
SME Times News Bureau | 11 Feb, 2013
India's foodgrain export is expected to reach around $40 billion in 2012-13, buoyed by surplus production, Minister of State for Agriculture Tariq Anwar said Sunday.
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India to have record food production in 2012-13
SME Times News Bureau | 09 Feb, 2013
India is likely to produce 250.14 million tonnes of foodgrain during 2012-13 despite a drop of 7 million tonnes in kharif crop due to erratic monsoons, the government said Friday.
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  Customs Exchange Rates
Currency Import Export
US Dollar
56.85
55.85
UK Pound
87.40
85.35
Euro
74.60
72.90
Japanese Yen 57.05 55.65
As on 19 Jun, 2013
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