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Agriculture course to be taught in 100 AHSEC schools soonedit
The Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) will introduce agriculture in the curriculum of Class XI from this year. The board feels agriculture offers vast possibilities of livelihood support.
Expect retail to constitute 60% of overall loans this fiscal: PK Gupta, MD, SBIedit
With muted demand for funds from corporates, the SBI is expecting its retail portfolio to go up to 60 per cent of total loans by the end of current fiscal, a senior official said.
Government may hike paddy MSP by Rs 200/quintaledit
To woo distressed farmers ahead of 2019 general polls, the government plans to announce a sharp increase in the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy, the key kharif crop, by 13 per cent to Rs 1,750 per quintal for the 2018-19 crop year, sources said.