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INDIAN TOBACCO STOCKS MOUNT TO 30 MLN KG.
NEW DELHI, Dec 3 Asia Pulse - Apart from tea, coffee and rubber it is also the tobacco growers which have plunged into a crisis as there is hardly any domestic demand, exports have been hit and stocks are accumulating resulting in prices going below the cost of production.
"In Karnataka alone there is a stock of 30 million kgs not being purchased causing the prices to crash to around Rs 35 (US$0.73) per kg from Rs 55 per kg last year, not even meeting the cost of cultivation," President Karnataka Tobacco Growers Forum A M Anantharamu told PTI.
Primarily 80 per cent of the Virginia tobacco produced in Karnataka is exported but this is not happening with the Russian market having been hit and buyers from abroad wary of sourcing their requirements from India owing to its proximity to Afghanistan, Forum's Vice President ...
- PTC distributes Rs. 1m prizes among tobacco growers of Swat, Dir.
- News wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International December 31, 2003 700+ words
MINGORA, Dec 31: The Pakistan Tobacco Company distributed Rs. 1 million prizes among the growers of Swat and Dir (Lower) districts on production of best quality Burley tobacco crop during...
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- Newspaper article from: Economic Times (New Delhi, India) April 25, 2005 700+ words
...it was imperative that tobacco growers got the required degree...be tripled to almost Rs 3,000 crore if India...between Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,000 crore. He noted...to allocate a sum of Rs 78 lakh from his MP...parties to improving the tobacco growers' lot. SM Anantharamu...
- Tobacco growers threaten to abandon tobacco production.
- News wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International July 24, 2007 700+ words
...Pakistan would deprive of Rs 40 billion tobacco tax revenues. Tobacco growers have been contributing Rs 40 billion to national...the remarked. The tobacco growers of NWFP were producing...still bearing loses of Rs 60 thousands per acre...
- Tobacco growers threaten to cultivate poppy.
- News wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International July 20, 2006 700+ words
...growers" members of Tobacco growers action committee and...one quality tobacco at Rs 150 per kilogram whereas...Virginia should be fixed Rs 100 per kilogram. The...added. They said that tobacco growers were paying billions...
- Grant of agricultural production loans to tobacco growers. (Pakistan)
- Magazine article from: Economic Review Faraz, Khan September 1, 1998 700+ words
...industry contributes over Rs. 14 billion annually to...to execute agreements with tobacco growers in prescribed format for...the presistent demand of tobacco growers that since tobacco is a highly...agricultural production loans to tobacco growers against the agreements ...
- Tobacco growers demands 2 billions as compensation from excise duty.
- News wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International August 18, 2006 700+ words
...for the flood affectees the Tobacco growers on Thursday demanded of the...provide any relief to the tobacco growers" said President of Kisan...tobacco prices and fix at least Rs 80 per kilogram, as now...and unregistered seeds to tobacco growers, due to which farmers ...
- INDIAN TOBACCO GROWERS WANT IMPORT LIMITS REIMPOSED.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News April 5, 2001 700+ words
...Asia Pulse - Indian tobacco growers have urged the government...Karnataka (southern) State Tobacco Growers Forum said. The estimated...smuggled cigarette trade is Rs 10 billion every year...brands will discourage tobacco growers to upgrade to better...
- TOBACCO GROWERS DEMAND COMPENSATION.
- News wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International July 27, 2005 700+ words
...PESHAWAR, July 27 (PPI): Tobacco growers of Swabi, Mardan and Charsadda...federal government annually earned Rs 30 billion through collecting...in NWFP, saying that it is Rs.70 per acre in Punjab for...been collected at the rate of Rs.260 per acre. He demanded...