The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, January 21, 2003

Space tech to map basmati area spread
SPACE technology is now being focussed on the study of the geographical spread of the Indian basmati rice. The scented rice, which brings handsome export rewards to rice traders has of late come under patent controversy with Rice Tec Inc ... More

PESTICIDES

Panel for dumping duty on spurious pesticides imports
THE Standing Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals has voiced concern over the issue of questionable quality of pesticides by some foreign companies being dumped into the Indian market at "ridiculous prices without proper backup data on ... More

RUBBER

Rubber rises to Rs 44 a kg
RUBBER prices scaled to new heights to touch Rs 44 a kg for RSS 4 on Monday, the highest since January 4, after stagnating at Rs 43 a kg for three days amidst reports of very narrow arrivals in the market. Sheet rubber RSS 4 firmed up to Rs 44 ... More

TAXATION

VAT may turn textiles, sugar, tobacco dearer
COME June and the consumer may have to cough up higher prices for sugar, textiles and tobacco products. The reason: the Centre's proposal `empowering' State Governments to levy sales tax/value-added tax (VAT) on these three commodities, with ... More

TEA

When `maaliks' manage a protest
IF the workers can do it outside the offices and factories to show their might against the management, so can the ``maaliks'' (or owners and, in a broader sense, managements). This was proved today when — outside Nilhat House, where ... More

Kolkata tea sale disrupted, put off
THE protesting tea buyers were successful in disrupting the tea auctions here after a brief trading. The organisers decided to postpone the auctions for a week till Monday next. The auction was resumed by the Calcutta Tea Traders Association ... More

`Ooty Gold' tea from Indcoserve
AFTER `Ooty Tea', the apex body of the Industrial Cooperative tea factories (Indcoserve) is now targeting the retail segment with its premium brand — `Ooty Gold'. While the Ooty Tea is routed through the Public Distribution System (PDS), ... More

Tea traders observe `bandh'
COIMBATORE: Tea transactions came to a halt with the buyers and traders resorting to a one-day strike in protest against the Tea (Marketing) Control Order 2003, and the directives issued by the Tea Board. The buyers throughout the State ... More

Southern tea growers mull alternative marketing system
HAVING waited for over a fortnight for the conduct of weekly auctions in a normal manner, tea producers on Monday resolved to take an `alternative marketing system' to route their produce if the impasse continued. Hectic parleys were on since ... More

New tea order aims to quicken auction process
Reopening of bids slows down the auction process and encourages (market) trend-based bidding, which is against the spirit of auctions. More

FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING

`Leh berry' juice from Ladakh Foods
LADAKH Foods Ltd (LFL) in a joint venture with the Small Farmers' Agri-Business Consortium (SFAC) and the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (Nafed) has launched "Leh berry", an extract of Seabuckthorn ... More

POULTRY

Hatcheries to cull broiler flocks — Move to reduce output by 1 crore birds per month
MAJOR hatcheries such as Venkateswara Hatcheries of Pune, Suguna Hatcheries and Pioneer Hatcheries of Coimbatore, have agreed to cull broiler parent flocks aged 60 weeks instead of the usual 72 weeks resulting in a production cut of 16-17 per ... More

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