Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Monday, March 03, 2003
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, March 03, 2003 |
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES ANIMALS & LIVESTOCK TEA Govt assures succour for tea workers SEVERAL thousands of tea workers left in the lurch by tea estate owners and managers may soon find some succour if the Union Commerce Minister, Mr Arun Jaitley, keeps his word. Concerned over the plight of plantation labour, Mr. Jaitley ... More
Tea prices up at Kochi sale COTTON Cotton prices may move down NYCE cotton futures rallied higher on speculative buying mostly. May, which is the active contract now climbed higher after hitting stops in spite of a huge long position by funds. However, the volumes have not been heavy and that puts a doubt ... More OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL Excise duty puts edible oil market in tailspin THE imposition of an 8 per cent excise duty on refined oils and vanaspati sold in branded consumer packs has unsettled the industry across the country. Reaction to the Budget proposal has been predictably hostile. Immediately, excise ... More COFFEE Tax sops for coffee, tea firms to aid in growth THE coffee industry has been allowed a significant tax incentive in the Central Budget for 2003-04. The incentive, which is intended to facilitate long-term development of coffee estates, is now admissible to the tea industry under Sec 33 AB of ... More SPICES & CONDIMENTS 
Vanilla flavour tickles farmers in SouthFARMERS in Kerala and Tamil Nadu are now taking up vanilla cultivation either replacing coffee in certain areas or as an intercrop in arecanut and coconut gardens, following in the footsteps of their Karnataka counterparts. Besides, the fairly ... More INTERVIEW `Good price for rubber growers must to ensure raw material availability' — Mr Jacob Thomas, Managing Director, Vaniampara Rubber THE manufactured rubber products export sector, caught in a cleft because of rising raw material prices (natural rubber mainly) on the one hand and unable to import non-available grades of natural rubber duty-free on the other (under the Advance ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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Top Stories In Focus Run-up to Budget Kelkar Report Bottled water: How safe is it? Telecom Competition Oil PSUs: Disinvestment dilemma Housing Fin. rate war: Bonanza for consumers! NPAs in Banking In Depth Simple Economics Consumer Notes Tax Talk The Brahmananda collections NRIs & Investment Avenues Corporate Governance Gold: Still the winner? Cars: Always a beauty Books and Reviews Looking back Feb. 23-Mar. 1 Expert panel set up to define jute tech mission Spices Board moots turmeric export zone in TN Customs duty on Bangla jute imports may go Traders stockpile cotton expecting price rise AEZs to be launched next week in Kerala CCMB, NDDB to map buffalo genome Jaswant leaves wry smile in farm sector — Plumps for diversification |
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