Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Tuesday, August 27, 2002
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES COMMODITY EXCHANGES Govt to go slow in opening up farm commodity trade LIBERALISATION of trade in agriculture commodities will essentially be a slow process primarily as the Government needs to protect the interests of domestic producers, Mr. Sharad Yadav, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, ... More FLORICULTURE 
Kurnool farmers shift to pulses, sunflowerFARMERS are increasingly switching over from cultivation of cotton to sunflower, pulses and vegetables in the Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. Consequently, the area under cotton during the current year has declined to 35,000 hectares from ... More RUBBER Rubber prices remain static RUBBER prices continued to stagnate on weak buying support. Arrivals were sparse as small growers and marginal traders restricted the supply to the market. More arrivals are expected this week end as the tapping has continued unabated in the ... More TAXATION TN rice millers want compounding tax scrapped THE Madurai District Rice Mill Owners' Association has expressed concern over the "farcical" replacement of sales tax with compounding tax. In a statement issued here, the President of the association, Mr K. Vasanthavel, said that though the ... More FOODGRAINS 'Revoke new export policy on broken rice' THE Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has urged the Government to withdraw new export policy on broken rice for orders which have already been booked under the previous regulations. It also demanded restricting ... More SILK Silk exports likely to exceed target by 10 pc A MARGINAL improvement in demand is expected to help India's silk exports to surpass the earlier fixed target of $450 million by 10 per cent. The export target was pegged lower on account of the sluggish demand trend globally. However, the ... More OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL Soyabean prices soar DROUGHT has not spared the soyabean crop. The yield levels are expected to decline by 16 to 18 per cent during the current season compared to the last. According to sources, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan have been the worst hit, with the former ... More
Edible oils cause big bulge in import bill COCONUT & COPRA Coconut oil sector on revival path THE coconut oil industry, which was in doldrums, is now on a revival path following the resumption of futures trading in coconut oil and copra. After the ban on futures trading in coconut oil in 1971, the oil milling industry in Kerala was ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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