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Super Fine still steady, Medium
Coarse shows gains
During
the week ended May 1, 2003 cotton prices continue to register a
rise.
Maharashtra
NGO develops system to prevent bollworm disease in cotton
Even as c5ontroversy has erupted in China on the use of genetically
modified (GM) Bt cotton seeds and its after-effects, a section of
non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Maharashtra have come up
with innovative nursery and soil management system, which they claim
could help farmers reduce costs and used to avoid the dreaded bollworm
disease that the recently cleared Bt cotton seeds claim to protect.
Expert
group calls for naphtha duty cut, phasing out Jute Act
An expert group on petrochemicals recently recommended doing
away with the Jute Packaging Materials Act (JPMA), cut in import
duty on naptha and excise duty rationalisation on synthetic fibre
and yarns.
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