The Hindu Business Line : Monday, September 16, 2002

BCE brokers' meet on Wednesday
THE Bombay Commodity Exchange (BCE) is hosting `All-India Brokers' Meet' on September 18 targeting commodity brokers across the country to participate in futures trading. BCE has organised this meet as a part of promoting futures markets and to ... More

AGRICULTURE

Area under crops declines in AP
The State Government has sought a Central assistance of Rs 1210.90 crore in the form of cash and 25 lakh tonnes of rice free of cost for continuing the food-for-work programme till the next kharif season. More

AQUACULTURE

Central Ministers to meet arecanut growers, fishermen
ON the way to Chikmagalur to participate in a coffee growers' and workers' convention on September 16 where over 50,000 people are expected to congregate from Kodagu, Hassan and Chikmagalur districts, the Union Finance Minister, Mr Jaswanth ... More

POLICY

Govt to release Rs 63 cr for interest waiver benefits
THE Karnataka Government has decided to convert the Rs 750-crore short-term crop loan disbursed during this kharif season into medium-term loans and waive the interest to the tune of Rs 127 crore, even if the Centre fails to come to its rescue, ... More

PRECIOUS METALS

Gold bounces within range
GOLD continued last week to be bouncy but within its range of $315-320 an ounce. Supportive factors were the likelihood of an attack on Iraq, global security concerns and continued weakness in equity markets. Buying interest from Asia, ... More

DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS

Ghee prices harden on higher edible oil prices
HIGH edible oil (`vegetable fat') prices seem to have rubbed off on ghee (`animal fat'), with market sentiments in the latter showing marked improvement over the last 3-4 months. Open market prices of desi ghee had plummeted to as low as Rs ... More

COTTON

Marginal rise in cotton futures
NYCE cotton futures closed on Friday near its lows on steady speculative pressure and long liquidation. With certificated stocks rising and export demand for the US fibre lagging, cotton broke down wards as it crashed through the lower end of ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Coconut oil prices rise
READY coconut oil price, which was ruling at Rs 4,800 a quintal before the Onam season, has fell to Rs 4,500 after the festival season. It has, however, shown an upward trend to close at Rs 4,540 per quintal at the week-end. After the festival, ... More

COFFEE

Coffee, areca growers look to aromatic plants as intercrops
COFFEE and arecanut growers, who are facing crisis due to low prices, are looking at diversifying into cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants as new intercrops for alternate sources of revenues. While niche crop as vanilla has already ... More

POULTRY

Plea to ease livestock feed import norms
THE Compound Livestock Feed Manufacturers' Association of India (CLMFA) has urged the Union Government to take urgent steps to remove the hurdles faced by the livestock sector on account of globalisation. Addressing the 35th annual general ... More

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