March, 2005

MP demands higher minimum support price for arecanut

Monday, March 21st, 2005

PUTTUR: The Government should increase the minimum support price for arecanut under the market intervention scheme as the production cost has gone up steeply, D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Mangalore MP, said here on Tuesday.

He was addressing a gathering at a function organised by Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative Ltd. (CAMPCO) here to release its new products. (more…)