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Tuesday, January 14, 2003
Agri Prices (Jan 13)
Sugar S-301285 (1280)
Palm oil382 (383)
Ground ready545 (550)
Coconut oil ready5350 (5350)
Pepper garbled8500 (8600)

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RUBBER


Rubber flat
RUBBER prices continued to rule flat on Monday on poor buying interests amidst reports of moderate arrivals. Though the arrivals in the main market picked up following improved supply from the small holdings and estates, the fluctuating tendency ... More

SUGAR


Outlook gloomy for sugar sector
THE sugar industry has faced critical situations in the past but never has it turned as grim as now, according to industry sources. The problems afflicting the sector are well known— piling stocks, appreciable decline in the open market ... More

DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS


Kurien's quest for a utopian India
HOW to revitalise rural India? Dr Verghese Kurien, the Chairman of the National Dairy Development Board, has many suggestions. For starters, we must begin by ending our culture of dependency. When people gain control over the resources they ... More

COTTON


UAS, Khadi board pact for coloured cotton cultivation
CCI had provided funding to the tune of nearly Rs 10 lakh for breeding the coloured cotton varieties for commercial cultivation. More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL


Ministries to meet today on vanaspati
FOUR Union Ministries - the Ministry of Finance, Commerce, Food & Consumer Affairs and Health - is meeting tomorrow to discuss ways to handle the alleged dumping of vanaspati by Nepal. According to industry sources, the meeting is likely to ... More

Edible oil makers oppose Kelkar proposals
THE price of edible oils and vanaspati will increase by about Rs 4 per kg and every household in the country would have to spend an extra Rs 1,500 per annum on edible oils if the Union Government implements the Kelkar Committee's recommendation ... More

COFFEE


Coffee growers duck auctions to avoid tax
THE new coffee crop is ready, but very little of it is coming into the weekly auctions. Brokers, who have been touring growing areas trying to get more sellers into the system, found that most growers prefer to sell uncured coffee at the farm ... More

TOBACCO


Ban on sale of tobacco products
HYDERABAD: The manufacture for sale or store or distribution of pan masala, gutka, chewing tobacco, khaini, zarda containing tobacco or without it has been banned for a period of five years in the entire State. The announcement has ... More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS


Coconut oil bourse mulls online trading
THE First Commodity Exchange of India Limited (FCEI) which conducts futures trading in coconut oil is planning to set up online trading. "We are planning to go ahead with it as such a facility has become inevitable for the exchange to attract ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS


Calibre makes open offer for Saptarishi Agro
CALIBRE Rehabs Ltd, which is acquiring Saptarishi Agro Industries Ltd, a mushroom exporting unit from Global Green Company Ltd, has made an open offer to acquire the 20 per cent equity available with the shareholders at Rs 1.50 per share. The ... More
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