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Government bans futures trading in seven commodities

The Finance Ministry has suspended trading in futures contracts of some agricultural commodities for one year to reign in inflation.

Trading in seven commodities - paddy (non-basmati), wheat, chana, mustard seeds and its derivatives, soya bean and its derivatives, crude palm oil and moong - has been suspended with immediate effect, according to a Finance Ministry notification.