{
  "id": 17170475,
  "title": "PMO weighs farmers’ interests as govt considers complete FDI ban in tobacco",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/pmo-weighs-farmers-interests-as-govt-considers-complete-fdi-ban-in",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-30T03:41:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/tobacco-fdi-foreign-direct-investment-tobacco-farmers-tobacco-industry-exports-procurement-prices-11793262745012.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A high-level meeting chaired by the principal secretary to Prime Minister discussed a proposal to completely prohibit foreign investment in the tobacco sector. However, PMO has sought an assessment of the potential implications for tobacco farmers before the government takes a final decision.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}