Tobacco price crash: HDK seeks higher procurement prices; Yaduveer pitches for foreign buyers

Tobacco price crash: HDK seeks higher procurement prices; Yaduveer pitches for foreign buyers

A meeting of the Tobacco Board held in Mysuru on March 2 saw elected representatives put pressure on traders, represented by ITC Limited, Godfrey Phillips India Limited, and others to increase prices and protect farmers’ interests.

Tobacco price: HDK seeks report by tomorrow

Tobacco purchasing companies instructed to fix a price on the lines of Andhra Pradesh Mysore/Mysuru: Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) has sought a report from Tobacco Board by tomorrow (Mar. 4), after holding discussions with tobacco products manufacturing companies on purchasing tobacco from the farmers at a fair and                                    remunerative price. He was chairing a meeting with the off…