Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Monday, January 27, 2003
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, January 27, 2003 |
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES Kappec to resume grapes export EVEN as the harvest of grapes is set to begin in the State, the Karnataka State Agricultural Produce Processing and Export Corporation (Kappec), is planning to restart its direct exports of fresh grapes to Europe this year. The State-owned ... More RUBBER Classify rubber as agri commodity: Minister `Reduction in the import duty of agricultural and traditional products such as coconut oil, palm oil, coir and coir products and tea has triggered large-scale imports from neighbouring countries, especially Sri Lanka, denying a fair price for the ite ms produced indigenously.' More PRECIOUS METALS Gold surging towards $370/oz GOLD ended the week strongly, breaking above $365 an ounce, with London PM fix of $366/oz on Friday, the highest fix since January 2, 1997. It meant a gain of 2.5 per cent week-on-week. Indeed, the yellow metal found another bout of buying ... More COTTON Cotton futures may move up NYCE cotton futures closed slightly higher on Friday mostly dominated by speculators and the local trade. The weekly USDA export sales report provided some positive backdrop for the market. USDA said net upland US cotton sales stood at ... More OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL Soya workshop to focus on boosting returns THE Soyabean Processors' Association of India (SOPA) has organised a large-scale interactive process workshop on ``maximising returns to soya farmers'' in Indore on January 29. Soyabean cultivation in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan ... More COFFEE 7-member panel to finetune coffee VAT structure THE coffee industry has set up a seven-member committee chaired by the Coffee Board chief to help finetune the laws related to the proposed VAT system that comes into effect from April 1. While the Commercial Taxes Department has already ... More TOBACCO More funds sought for tobacco research to improve quality SUFFICIENT funds for research and extension to double the average yield and to improve the qulality of tobacco, besides a unified tax structure for all varieties to end the discrimination against cigarette tobaccos, are the major recommendations ... More GENERAL INSURANCE GIC, 4 PSUs to take control of Agricultural Insurance Corpn THE management control of the proposed Agricultural Insurance Corporation of India (AICI) is to be vested with the four public sector insurance and the General Insurance Corporation (GIC). Sources said here Nabard, which had initially staked ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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