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View: Why monopsonic tendencies don't augur well for the economyTo economists, monopsony — a market condition in which there is only one buyer — was a theoretical concept, to be defined as a construct be...- PM's vocal-for-local campaign should be applicable to tobacco control policies in India: FAIFAFederation of All India Farmer Associations (FAIFA) claims to represent farmers and farm workers of commercial crops across Andhra Pradesh,...
- Global virus deaths pass 150,000 as Trump says China hiding tollTrump, who has been accused of reacting too slowly to the coronavirus threat, alleged that Beijing's numbers were still not accurate. "It i...
- FDI in tobacco: DIPP meets stakeholders; participants shared mixed viewsCurrently, FDI is prohibited in manufacturing of cigars, cigarettes and tobacco substitutes. However, it is permitted in technology collabo...
- Will FM Arun Jaitley give a rural touch to Budget 2018 or will he hold on to fiscal prudence?Arun Jaitley is likely to avoid slashing the corporate tax, for example, lest it offer fodder to the Opposition to call the budget pro-rich.
- Tax sugarcane farmers, not sugary drinksCoca Cola has protested that if it has to pay such a high tax, it will have to close down several factories and ancillary facilities, costi...
- Farmers' body seeks CBI probe against anti-tobacco health activists, money trailFederation of All India Farmer Associations (FAIFA), a body of farmers' associations from across the country mostly into cultivation of cas...
- Senior BJP leader Kavuri Sambasiva Rao urges Centre to allow FDI in tobacco industryHe said that tobacco farmers were paid Rs 140 per kg in 2014 crop season but in the current season, they are being paid only Rs 100 per kg.
- Cigarette stocks in demand; ITC surges over 5% at closeShares of Godfrey Phillips rose by 5.08 per cent to Rs 618.75, while that of VST Industries moved up 2.56 per cent to Rs 1,917.55.
- Shares of cigarette companies jump up to 10% on boursesShares of Godfrey Phillips surged 10.38 per cent to Rs 650 and VST Industries zoomed 6.52 per cent to Rs 1,991.60.
- Narendra Modi government shelves anti-tobacco bill“The tobacco growing farmers have requested that without providing a suitable alternative crop they should not be deprived of their livelih...
- Ban on loose cigarette sale: Health Minister JP Nadda urged to resolve issuesThe proposal of banning the sale of loose cigarettes is likely to be put on the backburner as some Ministers have urged Health Minister JP ...
- How the economics & politics of tobacco is killing lakhs every yearThe SC has hinted at ‘connivance’ between govt and the tobacco lobby. ITC has made donations to political parties, including Cong and BJP.
- Tobacco industry’s bet on India & China may lead to surge in lifestyle diseases: Thomas ZeltnerThe tobacco industry has high designs on markets such as India and China, and he portends a massive rise in lifestyle-related diseases in t...
- Bush is tough on sanctions over nuclear, terror acts in IranUS exports to Iran grew more than tenfold during Bush's years in office even as he accused Iran of nuclear ambitions and helping terrorists.
- Trade unions against entry of FDI in tobacco sectorTrade unions on Tuesday opposed the entry of FDI in the country's tobacco sector, considered the largest in the world, and asked the Govern...
- Karnataka tobacco sale kicks off on high noteIn the first 23 days of trading over the period September 7 to October 7, transactions in the Karnataka tobacco auctions are up 55% in quan...
- Foreign equity in coffee & rubber put on holdThe commerce department has put on hold liberalisation of FDI in coffee and rubber. After reviewing the FDI policy for the plantation secto...
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