![]() Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Tuesday, November 26, 2002 |
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Going bananas!Bananas being loaded into trucks at the Koyembedu wholesale market in Chennai. The prices of the fruit in the city have shot up during the last few weeks owing to poor arrivals. Each bunch now costs anywhere between Rs 70 and Rs 100, prices which ... More PLANTATIONS Plea for arecanut procurement THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala State Co-operative Marketing Societies' Association President, Mr G. Sugunan, has called upon the State Government to take urgent steps to procure arecanut at Rs 60 a kilo as announced by the Agriculture ... More RUBBER Rubber spurts on good buying RUBBER prices firmed up on buying pressure after a lull of over a fortnight with all the major varieties registering an improvement on Monday. Inflow to the market continued to be very low following the suspension of tapping in most plantations ... More
Rubber may cross $1-mark next year SUGAR ONGC, Reliance bag most oil blocks; sugar buffer okayed OIL and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) have bagged 22 out of the 23 oil and gas blocks for which bids were received under the third round of the Government's New Exploration Licensing Policy. The Cabinet ... More
Raw sugar import at 50,000 t so far TEA Bandh in Ooty over low tea prices A LARGE number of shops and business establishments in different parts of Nilgiris district remained closed on Monday in response to a bandh call given by the Joint Action Council (JAC) of political parties and farmers' organisations demanding ... More
UDF panel moots tax waiver for tea BIO-TECH & GENETICS Decision soon on fresh trials for GM mustard THE Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) will meet `very soon' to decide whether there is a need for further open field trials of Proagro Company Private Ltd's genetically modified (GM) mustard hybrids. The Director-General of Indian ... More OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL Global edible oil market seen up INTERNATIONAL prices of oils, fats and oilcakes and meals are expected to increase during 2002-03 given the anticipated tight supply situation. Recent price strength will be influenced by pending supplies from the upcoming southern hemisphere ... More
Vanaspati trade seeks lower palm oil customs duty COCONUT & COPRA Coir Board-UNDP project begins to pay off THE UNDP-assisted project initiated by the Coir Board on technology transfer, modernisation and capacity building in the Indian coir sector is getting more popular among the traditional workers, enabling them to generate better employment ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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