The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, December 24, 2002

Study moots higher paddy productivity in Kerala
AN expert committee on paddy cultivation in Kerala has recommended that the gap between internal production and requirements of the population be reduced to 50 per cent from the current level of more than 75 per cent within a period of 10 ... More

WHEAT

Sale of good quality grain suspended — FCI's wheat policy hits TN millers hard
FCI's stoppage of open market sale of sound wheat has pushed up wheat prices to about Rs 850— 950 per quintal, an increase of about Rs 45— 50 in the last one-month, and the prices of wheat products have also increased. More

AWARDS & HONOURS

Cotton veterans honoured
MUMBAI: As part of its silver jubilee celebrations, the Indian Society for Cotton Improvement (ISCI) conferred honorary fellowship to five eminent persons connected with cotton research, industry and trade. Among the recipients of ... More

RUBBER

Rubber peaks to Rs 45.25 a kg
rubberRUBBER prices zoomed again to Rs 45.25 a kg on Monday, a fresh 6-year high on low arrivals in the market. The supply did not strengthen due to the reluctance of small traders and growers to release the available stock with them. There ... More

SUGAR

SMP for cane: A half-hearted move, say co-ops
THE National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories Ltd (NFCSFL) has said that the increase in the SMP of cane from Rs 64.50 to Rs 69.50 per quintal is a `half-hearted move'. While it would help in stopping diversion of sugarcane to other ... More

ISMA seeks excise relief to offset cane price hike
THE Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) has sought a two-year exemption on levy of basic excise duty on sugar and molasses, which, it feels, is required to enable mills to pay the additional Rs 5 per quintal statutory Minimum Price (SMP) for ... More

TEA

There's no flavour in this tea dotcom
IT is probably time for the last bubble in teauction.com to burst. Industry sources say it is dead and defunct although the owner is continuing to claim that the dotcom is fighting to survive in a tough market. Teauction.com, the only online ... More

DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS

Vijaya dairy brand set for image makeover
WITH the dairy majors moving from product reach to improving their pack designs for wooing consumers, the Andhra Pradesh Dairy Development Co-operative Federation Ltd (APDDCF) is also planning to give a more vibrant and youthful image to its ... More

AGRICULTURAL POLICY

Panel moots sops for medicinal plants
THE Law Reforms Committee appointed by the Kerala Government, having taken a considerate view of the increased overseas demand for medicinal plants and vanilla, has recommended grant of exemption prospectively to lands planted with these ... More

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