Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Thursday, August 29, 2002
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES FARM CREDIT 
RBI upholds tea industry's case for reliefWITH the Reserve Bank of India having accepted all but one recommendation of a working group constituted by it to assess the tea industry's case for relief in the given crisis situation, tea companies can look forward to reliefs by way of lower ... More AQUACULTURE Coastal States urged to expedite licence system for aqua farms THE coastal States will have to expedite licensing procedure of aquaculture farms to enable the Aquaculture Authority of India to grant formal licenses, according to Mr Jose Cyriac, Chairman, Marine Products Export Development Authority. Mr ... More HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES Almond imports to rise on low global prices NEGLIGIBLE domestic production, rising consumption demand and low export prices from the US following a record crop are expected to raise India's almond imports in 2002-03. A report of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has forecast ... More POWER Karnataka: Power subsidies for farmers to continue POWER subsidies for farmers in Karnataka are not to be scrapped after all and irrigation pumpsets will continue to run on subsidised power. With the hiving off of separate `power supply companies' from the Karnataka Power Transmission ... More RUBBER Rubber prices improve RUBBER prices improved slightly on Wednesday after stagnating over a week. Arrivals were sparse. A major tyre company fixed Rs 37.25 as its procurement price. Following this, there were indications of improvement in prices of certain grades. The ... More OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL Food, Farm Ministries oppose duty cut on CPO, oilseeds import THE Food as well as Agriculture Ministries have ruled out any move to reduce the import duty on crude palm oil (CPO) and oilseeds to mitigate the impact of rising domestic prices on expectations of a significant drop in this year's kharif ... More
Sakthi Sugars unit in tie-up to supply vegoil to TN hotel body — Mulls crude palmolein import COFFEE Jaswant, Fernandes to visit coffee areas — Effort to `feel the pulse' THE Finance Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, and the Defence Minister, Mr George Fernandes, will visit Chikmaglur in the first week of September to talk to the troubled coffee and areca growers and "feel their pulse". This is the second high-level ... More TOBACCO Stabilisation fund sought for tobacco crop THE Federation of Farmers' Association of Andhra Pradesh has demanded that the tobacco stabilisation fund, proposed by the Tobacco Board, should be created entirely by the Union Government's contribution. The federation Vice-President, Mr A. ... More MARKETING Wake up and smell the coffee Have consumers of tea and coffee passed up an opportunity to upgrade themselves or have marketers been apathetic to opportunities to upgrade their domestic customers? More likely, it's the latter - the choice on offer is not exciting enough. Ma rketers are yet to wake up to an attractive home market. More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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Top Stories In Depth Gender Justice Simple Economics Small Investor Looking back Aug. 18-Aug. 24 Sugar industry going edible oil sector way — Controversy over imports under advance licence scheme likely Draining the bitter cup Tea cos cheer `welcome aberration' Mother Dairy grows up, turns Amul's rival — Set for joint ventures with 6 State co-operatives Pepsi, Punjab Govt sign deal for citrus cultivation 'Raw sugar imports to replenish stocks' — Part of cost-effective operations, says Sakthi Sugars CMD EU's sugar regime a spoilsport for ryots in poor countries New relief measures for coffee growers |
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