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The Central government’s decision to fix the minimum support prices (MSP) of Kharif crops at 50% above the cost of production is a welcome move, but the timing reeks of political motivation on account of the fast-approaching General Election.

Insurance companies come up with innovative products from time to time in order to meet the varying needs of policyholders. The incremental term insurance plan is one such innovative product that is aimed at making life easy for the heirs of a deceased policyholder. Let us look at the features of the incremental term insurance plan to understand its benefits for the policyholder.

Saudi and Russia are striving hard to bring in equilibrium. However, rising trade war concerns in US and China too dragged oil prices down, hitting a low of 76.60 from recent high of 79.70. Prices can hit 72.95-72.45 again which is a crucial support. 78.50 and 79.70 will act as immediate resistances, followed by 80.50.

Making gradual higher highs almost on a daily basis from its recent low at 34,937 on June 28, Sensex tried hard to give a breakout of the downward sloping trendline level drawn from its all-time high level. Meanwhile, three Sensex companies succeeded in hitting 52-week high in intraday trade.

Sagar Cements posted 10.8 per cent increase in production in June 2018 at 1,79,543 MT as against 1,62,000 MT production reported in the previous year's same period. Besides, the cement sales of the company rose 2.88 per cent to 1,80,041 MT in June 2018 from 1,75,007 reported in the previous year's same period.