Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Monday, October 21, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, October 21, 2002 |
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES SUGAR Cash-strapped TN sugar mills seek purchase tax waiver Besides the purchase tax of Rs 60, the turnover tax and surcharge work out to about Rs 85. The purchase tax in Tamil Nadu is among the highest. More
Govt support a must, says sugar industry TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Cotton prices may head higher NYCE cotton futures ended higher on Friday on forecasts of rain in some cotton-growing areas of the US South after recent severe storms. Expectations that rain will move through parts of Texas and hit the Northern Delta this weekend helped ... More PRECIOUS METALS Gold loses sheen as equities recover GOLD lost some of its sheen last week as equity markets bounced. The recovery took its toll as long liquidation became the key feature. Early last week, the news of devastating bomb attack in Bali (Indonesia) saw prices push higher. ... More OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL Malaysia must have long-term stake in India SHOULD customs duty on the palm group of oils be reduced from their present levels? The Malaysian Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir Bin Mohamad, believes India should. He has sought to justify his demand on the ground that degummed soyabean oil import ... More COFFEE Coffee bourse pins hopes on corporate participation THE Coffee Futures Exchange is pinning hopes on the participation of corporate houses to tide over its current crisis, caused by zero volume turnover since July this year, according to a top exchange official. "We are trying to entice corporate ... More POULTRY Chicken dressing plants — Bromark move to improve quality at retail outlets THE All India Broiler Farmers Marketing Cooperative Ltd (Bromark) is planning to provide semi-automatic chicken dressing plants to 10 retail chicken outlets in Hyderabad and to five outlets each in Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam as a part of its ... More AGRICULTURAL POLICY AP: Draft seeds Act being prepared THERE is a need to increase productivity of crops and bring down cultivation costs in the country in the context of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) regime, Mr V. Sobhanadreeswara Rao, Minister for Agriculture, has said. The Minister who took ... More PEOPLE H.P. Singh is UNCCD expert member HYDERABAD: Dr. H.P. Singh, Director of Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), has been selected as an expert member of the committee for science and technology of the United Nations Convention to Combat ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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