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Tuesday, April 02, 2002
Agri Prices (April 1)
Sugar (S-30)1410 (1418)
Palm Oil (10 kg)295 (293)
Groundnut oil ready395 (394)
Coconut oil ready3375 (3375)
Pepper garbled ready7100 (6900)

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COMMODITY EXCHANGES


Sinha asks NSE to take up commodities trading
THE Union Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, today urged the National Stock Exchange to consider trading in other areas such as commodities and international currency futures, taking advantage of time zones. Mr Sinha was speaking at the ... More

EXIM POLICY


Exim policy fails to address core issues
While the policy does contain several welcome features, it is possibly not one to catapult the country into the league of big exporters in the short to medium run. There is danger the euphoria generated since Sunday last may not last long because the policy does little to address fundamental issues that affect export competitiveness. More

TN agro-based units hail steps to boost exports
AGRO-BASED industries in Tamil Nadu have welcomed the measures to encourage the export of agri-produce and the proposals on setting up Agri Export Zones, announced in the Exim Policy on Sunday The President, Federation of Floriculturists, Mr K. ... More

Freight subsidy in Exim policy -- TN poultry farmers prepare blueprint for table eggs, meat export
WITH the new Exim policy paving the way for allowing transport assistance to poultry, the Tamil Nadu-based poultry sector has initiated assessing country-specific export potential for table eggs and chicken meat from the State. Indications are ... More

LEATHER


Sluggish trend in leather continues
THE GDS International Footwear Fair held in Germany during March 14- 17 has failed ushed in a new hope in the country's leather sector amidst the global recession. According to the President of the Indian Shoe Federation Mr N. Shafeeq Ahmed, the ... More

FOODGRAINS


Economic access through employment -- One way to tackle food security issue
FOOD security is mainly a question of economic access at the household levels as food availability at the national level is not a problem. One of the reasons for the accumulation of over 60 million tonnes of food stocks with the Food Corporation ... More

To procure or not to procure
THE Government is debating if it should do away with the minimum support price and replace it with an income support policy by which the farmers will be compensated for the difference between the market price and the MSP. In India, ... More

World coarse grains market well supplied
WORLD coarse grains production in 2001-02 is placed at 886 million tonnes (mt), a significant recovery from 865 mt of last year, while world trade forecast is at 106 mt, down 3 mt from last year, according to the London-based International Grains ... More

AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS


Nabard aid to Karnataka up 6 pc
NATIONAL Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard)'s financial assistance to Karnataka this year grew by 6 per cent to Rs 1,630 crore over the previous year, according to Mr S. M. Mehta, its Chief General Manager, Bangalore regional ... More

  • Kerala: Nabard assistance at all-time high

    COTTON


    N. Indian farmers to miss Bt cotton bus
    FARMERS in North India— Punjab, Haryana and northern Rajasthan — who have pinned all their hopes on the Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company Ltd's (Mahyco) Bt cotton hybrids to tackle the American bollworm menace, are in for a major ... More

    TOBACCO


    Tobacco Board flayed for losing court case
    THE President of the Andhra Pradesh Virginia Tobacco Growers Association, Dr Y. Sivaji has criticised the Tobacco Board for not making out a proper case before the AP High Court. The fact that the court had recently directed the board to pay ... More

    SPICES & CONDIMENTS


    Pepper prices up on short supply
    PEPPER prices have shown an upward trend during the last week on short supply and good demand at the terminal market here. Spot prices increased by Rs 400 a quintal during the weekend to Rs 7,100 and Rs 6,700 for MG 1 garbled and ungarbled ... More
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