Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Tuesday, March 19, 2002
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES COMMODITY EXCHANGES An ACE up Ahmedabad stock exchange's sleeve -- Inks pact for online trading THE Ahmedabad Stock Exchange (ASE), which has hit a lean patch ever since the rolling settlement came into force, is betting on commodity futures to bail it out of its present rut. ASE has come out with an unique proposition whereby at least a ... More FARM CREDIT Structured financing of commodities, the solution AS one of the fast growing significant economies, India saw a GDP growth averaging 5 per cent plus in the last five years. It is the world's third largest producer of food. Agriculture is likely to be the key growth driver in the near future. ... More AGRICULTURE Crucial tank irrigation left high and dry AYYAPUGANIPALLI is a small hamlet with 60 households and a total population of 348, located in Ramakuppam mandal of Chittoor district. It has a small tank which used to meet the irrigation needs of 23 acres of cultivable land. During the last ... More AQUACULTURE Discharge of effluents into sea -- Fishermen demand action against shrimp farms SHRIMP hatcheries situated along the coast in East Godavari district are letting out untreated effluents into the Bay of Bengal polluting marine resources, say local fishermen. They want the Andhra Pradesh Government and the State Pollution ... More RUBBER Rubber flat on weak demand RUBBER prices ruled flat to weak on low demand on Monday. While RSS 4 and ISNR 20 suffered marginal loss, other grades managed to maintain the previous level. RSS4 and block rubber ISNR 20 declined as the tyre sector stayed out of the market. ... More
TEA Tea Board moves ad council to stop Dandi salt campaign `We wrote to the ASCI giving details of the case. Now it is up to the ASCI to react. We do feel that the controversial ad certainly does not reflect the right spirit.' More
LEATHER Dull trade in leather market AFTER having shown signs of improvement, the leather market is again witnessing a dull trend during the past two weeks. Multiple factors have affected both the domestic and export business. Though enquiries for different articles in leather and ... More
S Africa drops dumping case FOODGRAINS Millers seek steps to boost rice exports RICE millers from the southern States have called for efforts to coordinate non-basmati rice exports. They have also sought a programme to modernise rice mills. Besides, farmers should be encouraged to cultivate varieties that enjoyed a good ... More AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS Plea to set up medicinal plants' board in TN THE Tamil Nadu Government should constitute a State-level medicinal plants' board as recommended by the Health Ministry, to enable farmers and entrepreneurs to source funds from Centrally-sponsored schemes and to encourage the commercial ... More COIR Coir exports pick up in Feb COIR exports picked up in February to take the total exports during April-February 2001-02 almost to the level of the same period last fiscal. The exports stood at 63,038 tonnes valued Rs 286.02 crore during the April-February 2001-02 as ... More OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL Oilseeds output pegged at 20.1 mt THE VMA Oilseeds Research and Development Institute (VORDI) has estimated the country's total oilseeds production to have recovered marginally to 201 lakh tonnes (lt) during 2001-02, as against the previous year's dismal output of 173.95 lt. ... More SPICES & CONDIMENTS Pepper prices continue to move higher THE upward trend in pepper prices, witnessed since last week, continued on Monday with the spot and futures prices moving up. Spot prices of MG 1 garbled was up to Rs 6,850 per quintal on Monday from Rs 6,600 on March 9, while that of ... More EVENTS Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
Top Stories In Depth Inside Kashmir Guide to derivatives US-64 Looking back Mar. 10-Mar. 16 On the trail of fading footprints Foodgrains output to miss target again Gold eases on upbeat US economic outlook Dairies find more money in liquid milk trade -- Ghee, skimmed powders leading to value subtraction Rice exports up despite fall in global demand New Zealand `dumping' irks butter oil trade Crude olein shipments flood domestic market -- Revenue loss feared in vegoil imports |
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