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Friday, January 04, 2002
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COMMODITY EXCHANGES


NCE proposal in cold storage
THE recent endeavour of the Forward Markets Commission (FMC) to modernise, professionalise and broadbase the management of the futures commodity markets has received a serious jolt as the proposal for a floating multi-product national commodities ... More

AQUACULTURE


Govt mulls foreign stake in tuna sector
THE Government is mulling over a proposal to allow foreign participation, either in the form of equity participation or technology transfer, for exploitation of tuna resources in the country's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Although India had ... More

TAXATION


Plea for tax holiday on farm inputs
THE Federation of Farmers' Associations of Andhra Pradesh, in a pre-budget exercise, has finalised a charter of demands that will be presented to the members of Parliament so as to mount pressure on the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, to ... More

WATER MANAGEMENT


Reservoir levels grim despite good rainfall
WATER levels in the country's major reservoirs continue to be under pressure not withstanding higher rainfall recorded during this year's monsoon as well as post-monsoon periods. According to the Central Water Commission (CWC), which monitors ... More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS


Bt cotton trials extended
BT cotton trials have been extended to 11 locations in central and southern zones of the country during the current cotton season from 6 locations last year. The Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), which has accorded the approval ... More

`Pan-Asian' biotech pact urged
`The public sector will have a central role in the biotech field because biology is not ideal for a business-centric or purely commercial exercise with short-term goals. Resource management in the public domain and administrators with scientific trai ning will be key areas.' More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL


  • Alternative use of Malaysian palm mooted

    POULTRY


    Kerala Govt to probe `broiler scam'
    THE Kerala Government will order an inquiry into the ``serious lapse'' on the part of certain officials which allegedly resulted in granting of tax exemption to poultry companies based outside the State. The nature and type of the inquiry would ... More

    AGRICULTURAL POLICY


    Revamp of farm policies mooted
    AT a time when most sectors of the economy are adversely affected by the global slowdown, the growth rate in agriculture in the country during the first quarter of the current fiscal has increased to 2.3 per cent as against 0.6 per cent during ... More

    COMMODITIES MARKETS


    Sheet rubber firms up
    KOTTAYAM: Sheet rubber RSS-4 firmed up marginally, following reports in the media that the centre has cleared proposal to usher in the State Trading Corporation to re commence procurement of rubber at the notified price for supply to ... More
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