CCEA
okays Rs 500-cr fund to stabilise plantation crop prices
New Delhi: The Cabinet committee on economic affairs
on Thursday approved the commerce ministrys proposal
for operationalisation/implementation of the Rs 500-crore
price stabilisation fund scheme for plantation crops -
tea, coffee and rubber - and tobacco to safeguard the
interests of growers.
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Rupee
appreciation catapults exports by 34 per cent in December
New Delhi: The commerce ministry has offered some
explanation for the all-time high 34.3 per cent export
growth registered in December 2002 over the same month
in 2001.
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Grain
offtake soar 77 per cent during April-December
New Delhi: Foodgrain offtake from the Central pool
during the first nine months of this fiscal was 348.02
lakh tonne as against 196.97 lakh tonne during the year-ago
period, registering an increase of 151.05 lakh tonne or
76.69 per cent.
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