Lockdown: Tobacco farmers seek rescue package, say crop worth Rs 4,400 cr lying unsoldFederation of All India Farmer Associations (FAIFA), which claims to represent farmers and farm workers said demand for tobacco has weakene...
Disincentivise cigarette smuggling through tax policy: FAIFA"We appeal to the government to have a taxation policy, that disincentivises cigarette smuggling," FAIFA General Secretary Murali Babu said...
FAIFA demands roll back of cess on cigarettesThe association's General Secretary Murali Babu said the huge growth of illicit trade of cigarettes is a reflection of the unintended conse...
Bengalurean chefs adopt smoked meat dishes to feed rising demandKeeping up with the global trend of slow cooking, smoked meat is creating a buzz in the city's culinary circles.
Gujarat: Swine flu death toll reaches 343As per the bulletin issued by the state Health Department, five persons infected with H1N1 virus died in different parts of the state in th...
Scheme to help farmers shift from tobacco extended to 10 statesProduction of flue cured virginia (FCV) tobacco, used for manufacturing of cigarettes, has been going down in the past few years and stood ...
World No Tobacco Day: 15% Bengaluru PU students consume tobaccoIn Karnataka, 30% of the adult population, estimated at 1.5 crore is addicted to some form of tobacco.
- India emerges as second largest global tobacco producer
A sharp rise in the manufacture and export of tobacco in the last two months has led India to be the second largest producer.
- More penalty for unauthorised tobacco growers
Tobacco Board has decided to impose more penalty on farmers engaged in unauthorised cultivation of tobacco in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
- Andhra tobacco farmers eye profits on strong global cues
Tobacco auctions will start on February 24 in Andhra Pradesh, the largest producer of flue-cured Virginia (FCV) tobacco and accounts for 70...
- Govt to impose hefty penalty on extra tobacco cultivation
The government will impose a hefty penalty of 15 per cent of sale proceeds if farmers produce more export quality tobacco than the quota al...
- Excise hike may hit tobacco growers
Growers of FCV tobacco say the 150% to 400% hike in excise duty on non-filter cigarettes will wipe out this segment.
- Govt changes stance on tobacco phaseout, says crop area is hiked to meet demand
Some five weeks after talking about an action-plan to phase out cultivation of tobacco, Union minister of state for commerce Jairam Ramesh ...
- Mysore tobacco fetches record price
This season’s auction of Karnataka Light Soil (KLS) flue-cured Virginia (FCV and smoked in cigarettes) tobacco has been the best since the ...
- CTRI develops varieties of Flue-Cured Virginia
The Central Tobacco Research Institute (CTRI) has evolved new high-yielding varieties of Flue-Cured Virginia (smoked in cigarettes) tobacco.
- Andhra tobacco auctions jump 18 percent
This year’s auction of FCV (Flue-Cured Virginia and smoked in cigarettes) tobacco in Andhra Pradesh has concluded.
- Tobacco bails out cultivators
The product - which is a health hazard when processed and smoked - has in a crop form sustained a substantial part of the rural economy in ...