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FREE DAILY SECTORS ALERT - 20.12.2013

* AGRICULTURE: The government has cut the minimum export price of onion to $350 per tn from $800 per tn. 

* AUTOMOTIVE: Honda plans to launch its second multi-purpose vehicle in India by 2016 to compete with Toyota 's Innova. 

* BANKING: The Reserve Bank of India has said that banks and standalone primary dealers can participate in interest rate futures for hedging and trading, but cannot undertake transactions on behalf of their clients. 

* BROADCASTING: Cable companies have started sending individual subscriber invoices to their franchisees in Delhi and Kolkata for distribution to customers. 

* FDI: With Tesco applying to enter multi-brand retail business in India , the government is hopeful that more global retail chains will come to invest. 

* HEALTHCARE: Private equity fund Carlyle Group has bought a 28% stake in Dr Naresh Trehan-promoted hospital chain Global Health for 9.6 bln rupees. 

* INFRASTRUCTURE: Navi Mumbai airport initial project cost estimated at 99.9 bln rupees. 

* OIL AND GAS: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has turned down a proposal for capping the price of domestic natural gas under the new gas pricing policy. 

* PHARMACEUTICALS: US and European drug regulators have entered into a pact for joint inspection of generic drug application on pilot basis. 

* SUGAR: The Cabinet has approved a 66-bln-rupee package for bailing out sugar mills.