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The real reason behind the falling population of cattle appears to be the result of the rise in demand for meat in the world. We must keep in mind that India is the biggest supplier of buffalo meat. A section of economists is busy calculating the scale of economy achieved by India’s poultry giant ‘godrej agrovet’ which may have raised upto Rs 1158 crore through its IPO
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CSD, which has always been the centre of criticism for alleged restriction on products, is expanding its depots
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India’s per capita use of water will increase from 99 litres per day now to 167 litres per day by 2050. The per capita consumption of water in the United States, on the contrary, will reduce from 587 litres to 484 litres per day in 2050
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Ample production and a strong rupee relative to the US dollar have driven average almond prices in India down by about 30 per cent in the Year 2016-17; these conditions are expected to remain constant through the festive season
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Fertilizers are believed to be the backbone when it comes to the involvement of chemical industry in the agriculture activities of India. Post Neem coating of Urea, black marketing has been put to a halt and steps taken to make its reach to the farmers more efficient, but still remains a plenty to do in this segment. Yara International is a Norwegian fertiliser conglomerate, which had started its India operations in 2011. They are the one who is planning to take over Tata chemicals Babrala urea plant and its distribution on a debt and cash free basis for a staggering USD 400 million. BW Businessworld in an exclusive interview speaks with Sanjiv Kanwar, Sr. VP, Yara Fertilisers India Pvt Ltd, on a range of issues related to the industry.
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As per a report by Euromonitor, per capita spending on Internet retailing doubled between the year 2013 and 2014. This process had repeated itself once again in the year 2014 to 2016, where it started from Rs 508 and reached up to Rs 1117
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The increase in the number of opiates users has been identified in the UN world drug report of 2017, where 18 million as compared to 17.7 million users of 2015 had started using opiates for addiction
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The share of international migrants in destination countries is increasing – especially in high-income countries – and has started posing social challenges as migrants are often perceived as competitors for jobs and threat to wage levels
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Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) does not have a proper guideline for organic products imports. This makes organic imports often imported in India as conventional products. There is uncertainty in India, related to labelling and standard of the products
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Despite frost, lack of June rain, and spider mite infestation, production is expected to be average due to increase in growing area
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