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//document.writeln("<li>GOI approves entry of private sector into foodgrain procurement</li>");





//document.writeln("<li>GOI to set up National Commission for farmers</li>");





//document.writeln("<li>All farmers to be eligible for credit cards by March 31st 2004</li>");





//document.writeln("<li>Tea growers to get loan upto Rs.2 lakhs at 9% interest rate</li>");





//document.writeln("<li>GOI to set up committee  for Agriculture credit </li>");











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//document.writeln("<li>GOI sets up National Commission on Agriculture");





//document.writeln("<li>NABARD launches Rs.50,000 Crore Agri fund");





//document.writeln("<li>Food grain production to touch all time high of 212.2 million tonnes this year");





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//document.writeln("<li>IMD predicts 100% normal monsoon");





//document.writeln("<li>Agriculture records 17% GDP growth in third quarter of 2003-04");



document.writeln("<li>The current SW monsoon rainfall has been recorded -14% lower than the historic 'normal' or long period average (LPA) until July 21, 2010.");

document.writeln("<li>About 65.48% of the normal area under Kharif crops has been sown upto July 23, 2010.");

document.writeln("<li>GOI has raised the minimum support price for pulses between 14 and 30 per cent to boost production.");

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