The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, April 24, 2003

Beat the heat
A vendor at selling lemons on one of Bangalore's scorching pavements to thirsty buyers. At the retail end, 100 lemons are sold at Rs 80.

RUBBER

Rubber prices unchanged
RUBBER market continued to suffer from low supplies. Prices remained almost unchanged, excepting for RSS 5, which made gain of 50 paise per kg and block rubber ISNR 20, which made loss of 50 paise. The appeal of the Chairman, Automotive Tyre ... More

AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS

The hidden cost of cheap-funding FCI
FOOD credit is a given, constant factor of the financial system and no bank can demur from funding the sick Food Corporation of India (FCI). The RBI orders most of the nationalised banks to put up funds at around 11 per cent (the prime lending ... More

COTTON

Cotton exports to Bangla rising
THE decline in cotton yarn exports to Bangladesh has been compensated to a large extent by exporting a sizable quantity of raw cotton to that country during the past year. In fact, India has emerged as one of the major raw cotton exporting ... More

Poland meet to discuss global cotton issues
GDANSK, the historic city on the Baltic Sea in Poland, will be the venue of the next plenary meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) to be held during September 7-12. Hosted by the Government of Poland and organised by ... More

JUTE

Jute workers gearing up for strike
THE ailing jute industry is facing a new strike threat from central trade unions on the same old contentious issues that has been cropping up for over a decade. According to industry sources, a joint representation has already been made by ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Indigenous oil use in vanaspati relaxed to 12 pc
IN a sop to the vanaspati industry, the Government has reduced the indigenous edible oil use requirement for manufacture of vanaspati from 25 per cent to 12 per cent. The amendment to clause 6 (2) of the Vanaspati Oil Products (Regulation) ... More

CASHEW

Cashew exports estimated to have topped 1 lakh t
CASHEW exports during the last fiscal is estimated to have crossed one lakh tonnes valued at over Rs 1,800 crore as against 97,550 tonnes valued at Rs 1,777 crore in 2001-02. Continuous decline in unit value has been attributed to the low value ... More

TOBACCO

Need to tackle tobacco supply for reduced consumption
THIS time round India seems to be following the `think global, act local' maxim, for it has been as vociferous on the global front, as it has at home in its efforts to push the Indian Tobacco Control Bill through Parliament. With the Bill ... More

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