![]() Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Tuesday, May 28, 2002 |
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES FERTILISERS Nilachal to promote use of soil conditioner NILACHAL Refractories, a Tata group company manufacturing a soil conditioner (Growell), intends to take up a campaign soon to popularise and promote the product in Andhra Pradesh. The product is being sold on a limited scale in the State at ... More RUBBER Rubber prices steady KOTTAYAM: Rubber prices remained steady in the absence of sellers' pressure. Sheet rubber RSS 4 improved slightly. Though only moderate upswings were visible, traders predicted gradual improvement in prices in the next few days. ... More TEA Tea industry demands effective regulatory role by authorities Sources in the tea industry, particularly the south Indian tea, have been highlighting the worst plight plaguing the tea industry in various representations to the Government. Tea prices in the auction centres at Kochi, Coonoor and Coimbatore all but collapsed in 1999. More
S. Indian tea in for glut-induced crash EDUCATION ANGRAU to start new courses HYDERABAD: Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU) here will be starting two new degree courses and one post-graduation course apart from diploma courses in five disciplines from this academic year. The new degree courses ... More PRECIOUS METALS Strong trend in gold raises expectations GOLD enjoyed an extremely strong period last week. The metal surged higher every day of the week, until it eased slightly on Friday. Weakening US dollar in line with softer US equity markets spooked by a drop in the leading indicators index and ... More DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS
Dairy industry upset with US Farm BillTHE domestic dairy industry has flayed the recently passed US Farm Bill 2002, which, it says, would further depress international prices of dairy products and enhance subsidies and protection levels to high cost, inefficient milk producers in ... More
US co-ops: More value, less addition FOODGRAINS
Food economy in disarrayThe crisis in the country's food economy continues in the face of government inaction. In this issue of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh discuss the processes that have led to the emergence and continuation of th e fact of excessive government foodstocks co-existing with cultivators' distress, widespread poverty and pockets of food shortage. More SILK Chinese silk import surges on low prices A SHARP decline in prices has seen Chinese silk imports into the country surging over the last one year. While Chinese prices have dropped by around 38 per cent from $25 to $15.5 a kg since April 2001, imports have gone up by 34 per cent. The ... More COFFEE ICO blueprint to end coffee crisis A SERIES of initiatives in the form of international cooperation through the International Coffee Organisation (ICO) are in the offing in response to the serious crisis the global coffee sector is currently passing through. In a meeting of the ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
Top Stories In Depth Gender Justice Simple Economics Guide to derivatives Looking back May. 19-May. 25 To increase oilseeds acreage: Solvent extractors seek sops for de-oiled cake exports Uptrend in gold to continue on producer de-hedging Coffee bourse records zero volume turnover New crop of farm champions US farm subsidy: A wake-up call Rubber - A success story 100 years in the making Firm trend seen in bullion FMC to fix volume target for commodity bourses Gold at new high on global rally |
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