Bengaluru: Amid fall in arecanut prices in the domestic market, the Centre is ready to procure the commodity from Karnataka but has found the rate Rs 300-400/kg proposed by the state government “exceedingly” high. The Union Agriculture Ministry has sent its senior official to Bengaluru to discuss Karnataka government’s proposal for procurement of 40,000 tonnes […]

Mangaluru : Karnataka Pradesh Kisan Congress president Sachin Meega on Monday said that the Kisan Congress will organise a protest of arecanut growers from the State in Kolkata, through which arecanut is being imported illegally without any restrictions, shortly. Speaking to reporters here, Mr. Meega said that arecanut price has been witnessing frequent fall during […]

Mangaluru : Arecanut and pepper have now been covered under weather-based crop insurance scheme (WBCIS), among other crops. The State government issued a notification to this effect on June 13 covering the two crops for the 2016 kharif season. The scheme automatically covers farmers who availed themselves of crop loans from banks as it was […]

Mangaluru : Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative Ltd. (CAMPCO) has begun efforts to send 10 tonnes of tender arecanut to China by this year-end on trial basis for making mouth freshener, according to its president Konkodi Padmanabha. Addressing presspersons here on Monday he said that a delegation of Kou Wei Wang Company, […]

Mangaluru : The Union government has increased the minimum import price of arecanut from Rs. 110 a kg to Rs. 162 a kg with immediate effect. The Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday announced it [price rise] is to “safeguard the interests of domestic farmers.” The government has received representations from various stakeholders […]

Puttur : Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers Ananth Kumar has said that the Central government wants to set up a Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region (PCPIR) in Mangaluru. In this background, I have asked Mangaluru MP Nalin Kumar Kateel to hold talks with Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas during the next budget […]

Mangalore : A massive BJP Rally of party workers, arecanut farmers and admirers was taken out from Jyoti circle to DCO grounds on Jan2, 2014 Thursday afternoon, at which senior leaders like former CM DV Sadananda Gowda, MLC Araga Jnanendra, MP Nalin Kumar Kateel and several other took part, while BJP’s DK District president Pratapa […]

Mangalore: KPCC Secretary Ivan D’Souza has accused that the NDA government was responsible for the move on ban on arecanut. A report submitted by an expert committee constituted by the NDA said that there are also evidences to show that chewing arecanut is carcinogenic. Addressing a press meet here on Friday, he said the committee […]

Mangalore : Members of Karnataka Pranta Raita Sangha DK unit led by Yadava Shetty resorted to obstruction of traffic on the roads at Rao& Rao circle near State Bank to protest against delay in regularising certain illegal occupation of land providing ownership rights and distribution of land owners certificate besides the union health ministry’s fantastic […]