Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Monday, September 09, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, September 09, 2002 |
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES FARM CREDIT SBI aims to increase farm credit STATE Bank of India plans to increase its share in the agricultural lending (AGL) market in Kerala from 10.3 per cent during the current fiscal. As of July 2002, the agricultural advance level is Rs 331 crore, which the Kerala Circle plans to ... More AQUACULTURE Talks on Kerala fish export zone next week THE Kerala Government, in a bid to expedite a decision from the Centre on its proposed Fisheries Export Processing Zone (FEPZ) to be set up in the Cherthala to Munambam Region of Kerala, is to hold a discussion with the Union Commerce Secretary ... More TEA Tea prices firm at Kochi sale PRICES of both dust and leaf tea at the auctions here remained firm to dearer on good general demand. In the dust sales 8,71,000 kg were on offer. CTC and orthodox market was fully firm to dearer. Prices quoted were Best CTC Rs 53-76, medium ... More WATER MANAGEMENT 
`Water war' spills on to Karnataka roads — Farmers protest Cauvery release to TNCHIKKANNA, a small farmer of Maddur near Mandya, has sold his holding and taken to jaggery making. His friend, Chandra, like many others in the Mandya belt, is idling without work on the fields. In this seemingly quiet belt of sugarcane and ... More AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS Nabard in pact with Union Bank for agro projects THE National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development has tied up with Union Bank of India for jointly financing large agricultural and allied projects. The MoU signed by the bank and Nabard on Saturday marks the beginning of direct lending ... More COTTON Cotton futures to head upwards NYCE cotton futures ended with minor losses on Friday, with the weekly USDA export sales data adding to the depressed sentiment in the market. USDA said net upland cotton sales touched 61,300 running bales (RBs, 500-lbs), below trade ... More COFFEE Coffee Board panel moots deletion of IT notification A TASK force set up by the Coffee Board has urged the Centre to delete section 7B of the Income Tax Rules, 1962, which stipulates that 25 per cent of the income from the sales of coffee grown and cured by growers will be computed as derived from ... More SPICES & CONDIMENTS Vanilla offers new hope to planters VANILLA is fast emerging as the saviour for plantation farmers after cardamom and pepper. With the demand for natural vanilla growing, the area under cultivation is fast picking up in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, besides spreading in the ... More
Pepper rises on good demand TRENDS Hoping against hope? Drought conditions in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh have been almost perennial. Ch. Prashanth Reddy on the dismal living conditions of the farmers here and the bleak future they face. More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
Top Stories In Depth Gender Justice Simple Economics Small Investor Looking back Sep. 1-Sep. 7 Monsoon `catches up' in August — But deficit likely to remain Tea Board moots special scheme for corporates Crude soya oil comes under tariff value net Centre cracks whip on `paddy tender mafia' EU ban on chloramphenicol residue — Exporters up the ante on seafood standards Govt mulling futures in crude palm oil — Curbs to go on forward trading in 81 items |
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