Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Wednesday, March 20, 2002
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES AQUACULTURE 
Cut their losses? No way!Seafood exporters have realised that the compendium of fangled terminology can be a double-edged sword. The customs cut refers to an irregularly-shaped triangle piece from a block of frozen fish. The Customs Department enforces other venal cuts again st which the exporters grumble, yet pay up reluctantly. More
Kerala Govt package for fisherfolk FERTILISERS `Inequity' in urea subsidy claims set right BY drastically revising downwards the retention prices for 13 out of the country's 32 operational urea plants, the Centre has not only effected savings of almost Rs 1,000 crore in its fertiliser subsidy bill for 2001-02, but has also ... More PLANTATIONS Cocoa comes to planters' rescue WHILE there have been severe setbacks for major crops including tea, coffee, rubber, pepper, coconut etc, the only crop which has survived the price crisis and offers a sustainable price is cocoa, according to Mr Thomas John, General Manager ... More RUBBER Fresh orders pep up rubber market KOTTAYAM: Rubber market improved following fresh buying orders from manufacturers and traders attempts to mop up available supply. However, orders were not large enough to push the market forward significantly. While the price of ... More TEA CTCs in demand at Guwahati sale GUWAHATI: CTC offerings last week at Guwahati continued to meet with good demand. The few clean black grainy Assams and Cachars on offer met with good response and sold readily. Poor leaf and end season descriptions were irregularly ... More PRECIOUS METALS `Gold can become reliable investment gizmo' GOLD could turn as a more reliable investment instrument and it could spur the jewellery segment in a big way, a World Gold Council (WGC) official has said. "The value of gold is determined by fundamental economic factors that are outside the ... More FOODGRAINS PDS grain prices to be cut further The issue prices were last revised on July 12, 2001, with APL rates being reduced from Rs 1,130 per quintal to Rs 830 for rice and from Rs 830 per quintal to Rs 610 per quintal for wheat. More
FCI floats tender for godowns
Brand tag for Kurnool rice AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS Nabard sanctioning at fast clip NABARD is in a hurry to sanction the Rs 5,000-crore Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) for 2001-02. The institution sanctioned Rs 1,037.14 crore under RIDF VII to 16 States last week. This includes funds for 15,799 irrigations projects, ... More COTTON 
Adoni market yard feels the pinchA STEEP fall in cotton prices this year has resulted in a loss of Rs 40 lakh for the Adoni Agricultural Market Committee. Consequently, the committee is unable to meet its target of posting an income of Rs 2.5 crore in the current fiscal. AAMC ... More
Poor offtake, low prices worry cotton growers OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL Modest target set for oil palm cultivation THE Karnataka Horticulture Department plans to bring an additional 3,000 hectares under oil palm cultivation during the Tenth Five-Year Plan, in a bid to revive the oil palm industry in the State, which had slowed down considerably over the last ... More COFFEE 
Coffeetails, heady drawURBAN Edge, the pub on Bangalore's Brigade Road, has a coffee hangover. The pub, one of the many in the city that served coffee during the week-long Coffee Festival in February, spurred by the "heartening response'' continues to serve it. The ... More AGRICULTURAL POLICY Curbs relaxed for farm trade The Centre has allowed dealers to freely buy, stock and sell certain essential commodities. An order containing these provisions and issued under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 came into effect on March 15. As per the order, dealers are ... More
TN trade welcomes amendment to Commodities Act
Kerala: Agri loan repayment TRENDS 
Sprouting hopesA paddy farm labour at work in Vedal village in Kancheepuram district of Tamil Nadu. The farmers in the State are a happier lot this season as the water supply position is more satisfactory than last year. ... More 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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