Alappuzha: The coir industry needs to incorporate innovative technologies if it wanted to remain competitive and mechanisation is the only way ahead to preserve and protect the State’s coir sector, Minister for Revenue & Coir, Shri Adoor Prakash said here today.
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Spices Board to organise National Seminar on Spices at Kumily
Idukki: Kerala based Spices Board will organise a two-day National Seminar on Spices in Kumily under the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) of the Union Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, for spice growers in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Read MoreKINFRA obtains final approval Mega Food Park at Palakkad
Trivandrum: KINFRA’s proposal to set up a Mega Food Park submitted to the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOFPI), Govt. of India under a scheme for infrastructure creation ‘Mega Food Park Scheme (MFPS)’ has obtained ‘Final Approval’ clearance from Ministry.
Read MoreCentral Govt. announces incentive to boost natural rubber exports
Kottayam: The Government of India has added RSS (Ribbed Smoked Sheet) and TSR (Technically Specified Rubber) in Merchandise Export from India Scheme (MEIS) which would make them eligible for an incentive at the rate of two per cent for exports to 169 countries including China, USA, Germany, Italy, Poland, UK, Malaysia, Brazil, Egypt, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey and UAE.
Read MoreIndia’s spice exports rise 30% to reach Rs. 3,976.65 cr in Q1 2015-16
Kochi: Spice exports from India touched Rs. 3,976.65 crores ($626.81 million) during the first quarter of the financial year 2015-16 as compared to Rs. 3,059.74 crores ($511.22 million) in the corresponding period during 2014-15, registering a 30 per cent increase in terms of value in rupee.
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