The Hindu Business Line : Friday, March 07, 2003

RBI readies relief package for seafood exporters
THE Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved a relief package for exporters of marine products in a bid to tide them over their financial difficulties. Currently around 70-80 per cent of the 300-odd units in the marine sector are facing ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES

Mobile fruit processor
The mobile fruit processing and bakery van developed by Harsha Wheel Movers Pvt Ltd in Bangalore.

Kerala unveils blueprint for agri-export zones
The AEZ scheme is special in the sense that it would be the first time that private sector will come to be associated with major investments committed in the agricultural sector in the State. More

RUBBER

Rubber rebounds on active trading
THE rubber market rebounded following active pursuit by the traders for quantum supply. Market arrivals were low as growers did not take their crop to the market following the international price crossing the $1-mark in Kuala Lumpur equivalent ... More

SUGAR

No change in sugar release mechanism — Decontrol of industry shelved
THE much-hyped plan to decontrol the sugar industry has been effectively shelved, with the Government deciding not to dismantle the existing `release mechanism' — which regulates the quantum of sugar that mills are allowed to sell in the ... More

TEA

Weathering the storm with elan
TO say that all is not brewing well for the Indian tea industry would be an understatement. Briefly, during the last few years, the industry had been suffering from all sorts of problems be it falling prices, stagnant demand or a shrinking ... More

Despite differences
THE India International Tea Convention 2003 is witnessing an intriguing situation which nevertheless is good for the sector as a whole. While different sections of the industry are fighting among themselves over the Tea Marketing Control Order ... More

`Efforts on to check price swings in plantation sector'
THE India International Tea Convention 2003 may not have started with a big bang, but it was not a whimper either. In front of a packed auditorium, representatives of the Union Government and the industry presented a united forum to the global ... More

COCONUT & COPRA

Vayalar chosen for agri-tech project
VAYALAR in Alappuzha district has been chosen as one of the centres for an international project aimed at developing sustainable coconut-based income-generating technologies in rural communities. The three-year project sponsored by the ... More

TOBACCO

Tobacco auctions picking up in AP
THE tobacco auction process in Andhra Pradesh, still at an early stage, has picked up after initial irritants while those in Karnataka are nearing a close. In an interview, Dr P. Dayachari, Chairman, Tobacco Board, said till now roughly 4 ... More

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