Kharif loan interest waiver for drought-hit farmers
New Delhi: Interest on loans taken by farmers for the 2002 kharif season has been waived for drought affected areas in 14 states for a period of one year, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee announced in Parliament on Wednesday.
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Modified sop scheme for fertilisers soon
New Delhi: The government will soon put in place a modified concessional scheme for potash and phosphate fertilisers.
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India castigates Pak for putting off Saarc meet
New Delhi: India has criticised Pakistan for putting off the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit on ‘specious’ grounds and stymying economic progress and asserted it would be ‘ready and willing’ to participate provided progress was made on substantive issues before the regional grouping.
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Truck charges up by 2-2.5 per cent
New Delhi: The truck hire charges surged by 2-2.5 per cent for the second consecutive fortnight despite state owned oil companies skipping their bi-monthly revision in diesel prices on December 15.
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