The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, August 15, 2002

Endosulfan remains a riddle shrouded in controversy
THE order passed by a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court imposing a temporary ban on the use of endosulfan and any of its formulations under any trade name in the State isreflective of the scientific ambiguities involved in the ongoing ... More

RUBBER

Rubber static on low arrivals
Buying only on very low volumes was reported. There were few buyers for RSS 4 at Rs 36.50 mainly from the tyre community who maintained steady purchase schedules. However, the number of buyers slightly improved for ungraded rubber. The price ... More

TEA

Upasi to help TN in setting up tea sale centre
THE United Planters' Association of Southern India (Upasi) is helping the Tamil Nadu Government to set up a new auction centre to help small tea growers. "We are getting involved in setting up the new direct auction centre. Hopefully, things ... More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS

Opinion on Bt cotton awaited

FOODGRAINS

Panel on long-term grain policy — Populism under a new garb
The Government's decision to subsidise export of foodgrains is inexplicable. It builds up a mountain of stocks by resorting to indiscriminate procurement on the one hand and steep increase in central issue price, leading to poor offtake on the other. And then, in a bid to get rid of these, it allows subsidy on sale to consumers abroad. More

Naidu to take up rice allocation with Centre
THE Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, on Wednesday asserted that he would take up the issue of the Centre's move to rescind the order of five lakh tonnes of rice allocated for the drought-hit State under the food-for-work ... More

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Endosulfan remains a riddle shrouded in controversy

States pushing for Internet security centre

Home-based medical transcription catching up — A rewarding career for women

Lenders keep their fingers crossed on NPAs Bill

CII revises up industrial growth estimate to 4.5%

Prasar Bharati to restart programme outsourcing

In Depth
Gender Justice

Simple Economics

Small Investor

Looking back
Aug. 4-Aug. 10
IBA group mulls lower rates on rural credit

ICAR headed for sleek look — Panel set up to `rightsize' administrative structure

Bankers' meeting to consider more sops for coffee growers

Rice export price may be increased further

Dry spell may hit cotton