The Hindu Business Line : Friday, September 20, 2002

Tuna pilot project offers good scope
IN a significant development for seafood exports, the maiden voyage by two upgraded deep sea fishing vessels to net tuna fish off the coast of Visakhapatnam, as part of a major initiative taken by the Marine Products Export Development Authority ... More

PLANTATIONS

Productivity-linked wages needed in plantations
THE plantation industry in Kerala continues to insist on the need for linking productivity with wages in the State, which it says is inevitable for the survival of the industry currently going through a serious financial crisis. "The ... More

RUBBER

Rubber static on improved inflow
RUBBER prices continued to rule steady on Thursday on reports that the inflows to the market have further strengthened even as the international prices dropped again by 45 paise on Thursday to reach at Rs.42.66. The domestic market has feebly ... More

Govt denies lifting of rubber import curbs
THE Government on Thursday denied it has lifted curbs on import of natural rubber and said no notification has been issued to this effect. A statement issued by the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, said the Government ... More

SUGAR

Finance Ministry prunes sugar buffer stock size
IN what is a setback of sorts for the sugar industry, the Finance Ministry has poured cold water on the proposal to create a 20 lakh tonne (lt) buffer stock on Government account for a one year period. Instead, it has agreed for a 10-lt buffer to ... More

COIR

Marginal rise in coir exports
COIR exports during the first five months of the current fiscal has increased marginally, both in terms of quantity and value compared to that of the corresponding period last fiscal. A total quantity of 32,776 tonnes valued at Rs 141.96 crore ... More

COFFEE

Global coffee market in doldrums on output paring
IT now seems possible to rule out the risk of frost in Brazil since the world's number one producer has only recorded one-post August frost some sixty years ago. Official production figures from Brazilian authorities point to 44.7 million bags, ... More

AGRICULTURAL POLICY

Call to `ignore' report on farm subsidy
THE National Farmers' Protection Committee (NFPC) at Palakkad has given a call to the farming community to `ignore' the Montek Singh Ahluwalia committee's report to the Tenth Planning Commission on the agricultural sector, recommending withdrawal ... More

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