Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Monday, March 11, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, March 11, 2002 |
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES PRECIOUS METALS WGC keen to boost gold sales THE World Gold Council (WGC) is planning to conduct a segmentation study to promote the sale of gold in India. Mr Bryan Parker, Managing Director (Jewellery), WGC, London, who was here in connection with the ongoing Kovai Gold Mela, jointly ... More BIO-TECH & GENETICS GM food disasters -- Of mice and the Royal Society The first genetically modified (GM) food product to hit the market was a brand of tomato called ``Flavr Savr''. Before it was made available commercially in supermarkets, scientists had fed it to rodents in the laboratory. They had refused to eat ... More FOODGRAINS Foodgrains output to miss target again THE country's foodgrain production is likely to be higher this crop year at 205 million tonnes (mt), a three per cent rise over last year's production. But it will still miss the targeted 218 million tonnes. It will also be lower than the record ... More COTTON `Livestock indispensable in cotton farm activity' COTTON researchers have categorically said livestock component is indispensable in farm activity and farmyard manures a `must' for cotton. The age-old practice of using bullock-pairs for ploughing the field has been found to be more beneficial ... More
SILK Textile Ministry favours hike in silk import duty THE Textile Ministry is planning to take up the issue of raising import duty on silk with the Finance Ministry, the Union Minister of State for Textiles, Mr V. Dhananjaya Kumar, has said. The recent reduction in customs duty from 35 per cent to ... More OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL Pak buys oilseeds to cut vegoil imports PAKISTAN, a net importer of vegetable oils as India, has changed tack in recent years and started to import oilseeds in partial replacement of edible oil. Oilseed import volumes, though relatively small, are expanding rapidly to meet the needs of ... More
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